AT LEAST four people have been killed after a major 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Philippines – with tsunami waves smashing the southern coast.
The horror quake has left more than 200 people injured, damaging buildings and triggering a tsunami warning across the island of Mindanao.
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Police gather in front of a collapsed Jollibee fast food restaurant after an 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines Credit: AFP
It struck at a depth of 20 miles early at 7.37am on Monday morning, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Large waves nearly 10ft high are possible across the archipelago’s southern coast while nearby Malaysia might see swells of up to 3ft.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged people to seek higher ground in tsunami-prone areas.
The quake was the strongest to hit the Philippines this year and struck around 8 miles southwest of General Santos, a major commerce hub of more than 700,000 people.
Marcos Jr. later said disaster-response teams were on standby and declared that the government “will not leave Mindanao behind”.
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