One dead, four injured in powerful Mindanao quake
MANILA, Philippines — One person was killed after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook parts of Mindanao late Saturday, the country’s defense chief said.
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MANILA, Philippines — One person was killed after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook parts of Mindanao late Saturday, the country’s defense chief said.
I condemn in the strongest terms the heinous and senseless act of bombing that targeted the Dimaporo Gymnasium at the Mindanao State University this morning. There is absolutely no space or justification for these kinds of violence in civilized society.
I am angered and appalled by the bombing of the Mindanao State University today. To enact such violence on an innocent group of people gathered to hear mass is completely heartless.
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the bombing at the Mindanao State University in Marawi City leaving people dead and injured. We are one with the nation in praying for the victims of this senseless act and for their families and loved ones during this difficult time.
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning.
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck Mindanao, Philippines on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.The EMSC said that the quake was at a depth of 63 km (39 miles).Hours after the quake, the US tsunami warning system, which had issued a tsunami warning in the wake of the earthquake, said there was no longer a tsunami threat.
Three people have been killed and nine wounded in an explosion at a Catholic Mass in the Philippines, officials say.
Two powerful earthquakes have hit the Philippines' second-largest island of Mindanao, prompting initial fears of a potential «destructive tsunami».