20,000 people displaced by Philippines earthquake that killed at least 37

Описание: (9 Jun 2026)
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General Santos, Philippines - 9 June 2026
1. Collapsed grocery building caused by earthquake
2. Various of damaged building
3. K9 search and rescue at debris
4. Various of rescuers meeting
5. Close of a dog resting
6. Senior fire officer Perfecto Roda pointing on white board
7. Close of hands showing rescuers time
8. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Perfecto Roda, Senior Fire officer.
”Our information sir is there are two remaining, so that is what our K-9s are working on.”
9. Relatives of missing people on tent
10. 35-year-old Morphy Angled waiting for news on his missing sister Babylon Angled
11. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Morphy Angled, brother of missing grocery worker.
“We are waiting for my sister that is trapped at the Save More building, until now we still do not have any news about her, we were here since yesterday. I hope we can find her location.”
12. Collapsed building
STORYLINE:
Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 37 people and displaced over 20,000.

Only four people were considered missing on official records in the southern provinces near where the 7.8 magnitude quake struck Monday morning, but the Office of Civil Defense acknowledged several collapsed and heavily damaged buildings must be thoroughly inspected for possible survivors or casualties.

The earthquake centered off Mindanao, the second most populous Philippine island, injured nearly 500 people and displaced over 20,000, most of whom fled to emergency shelters.

Many people who left their homes feared a tsunami.

Waves up to 1.4-meters (4.6-feet) above tide level were measured in the Philippines, but the only tsunami damage reported was to six shanties on stilts in a coastal village.

Smaller waves washed ashore in Indonesia and Palau and as far away as southern Japan.

The earthquake left a trail of destruction, including in General Santos, a lively coastal city of over 700,000 people known as the Philippine's tuna capital, where at least 13 people were killed in collapsed buildings and due to falling debris.

At least 18 died in Sarangani province mostly in a landslide that buried houses in the mountainside town of Glan, according to Rafaelito Alejandro of the Office of Civil Defense.

The other deaths were reported in the southern provinces of South Cotabato and Davao Occidental, and on Balut Island, disaster-response officials said.

The Philippines is often hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of seismic faults around the ocean.

The archipelago is also battered by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year, making it one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries.

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