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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T01:02:47.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nAt least one person has been killed and four others have been injured after the Philippines was hit by a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake.\n\nThe President of the Philippines sent an urgent warning to citizens to evacuate as soon as the tsunami warnings were issued.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nPresident Bongbong Marcos said: \"Heed tsunami warning, move to higher ground now, do not wait, life is more important than anything left behind.\"\n\n****The earthquake struck off the coast of General Santos, located on Mindanao, the Philippine's main southern island at around 7.37am.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nAnd at least 16 aftershocks, ranging from magnitude 1.3 to 6.7, have been recorded after the initial tremor.\n\nFootage from the city shows a building housing a Jollibee - a fast food chain - collapse as a result of the earthquake's waves.\n\nSocial media video also shows Matanao National High School, in Davao del Sur, on Mindanao, collapsing to the ground as a result of the earthquake.\n\nParents rushed to take their children out of Kidapawan City Pilot Elementary School after the tremor struck the city at around 7.40am, according to Philippines-based newspaper The Daily Inquirer.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nInternet, electricity, and water services were disrupted in Koronadal City, also on Philippine's southern island, local media has reported.\n\nArlene Hollero, disaster chief of Maasim town in the Philippines' Sarangani, said evacuation was now underway in coastal villages, adding the damage was \"devastating\".\n\nShe said the water had receded shortly after the quake - but the seas were normal so far - adding a shrine with a huge cross had collapsed and a bridge had suffered some cracks.\n\nBenjie Ancheta, police chief of Alabel town in Sarangani in the Philippines, said the police building had cracked as a result of the earthquake's initial waves.\n\n### LATEST WORLD NEWS:\n\n\n\n\n  * Plane plummets onto packed road near Spanish holiday hotspot just moments after take-off\n  * Iran fires missiles at Israel for first time in months as US ceasefire hangs by a thread\n  * Honda factory 'burned completely' after fire rips through facility - 150 employees evacuated\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMaster Sergeant Robert Dagon of the General Santos City police told Agence France-Presse: \"Many buildings were affected, but I cannot enumerate them now because we are busy with ongoing rescues.\"\n\nTsunami warnings have also been issued to a number of countries with possible tsunamis, including Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Guam, Palau, Yap, Taiwan and Papua New Guinea, according to Australian authorities.\n\nAustralia and New Zealand had been placed on tsunami watch, but both authorities now believe it is unlikely tsunamis will strike their country.\n\nIndonesia has detected tsunami waves at three locations along its coast, according to the country's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG).\n\nJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi released a statement urging her citizens to follow the advice of local disaster officials if told to do so.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe country has now issued warnings that tsunami waves as high as 1 metre could hit southern Okinawa islands and prefectures at around 11am local time (3am BST).\n\nThe Philippines's seismology agency has warned that the earthquake's waves may continue for hours.\n\nThe first tsunami waves were forecast between 7.37am and 9.37am (2.37am BST).\n\nMr Marcos has also urged all Government officials to act immediately, adding that he is in \"constant communication\" with local authorities.\n\n\"The national government is moving and we will not leave Mindanao behind,\" he said.\n\nAll school classes in the Mindanao area have been suspended until further notice, Mr Marcos has ordered, adding: \"The safety of our children comes first\".\n\nThe Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development will prepare relief goods and evacuation centres, Mr Marcos also said in a statement.\n\nThe German Research Centre for Geosciences had previously said the earthquake had a magnitude of 8.2 before downgrading it to 7.8, adding that it struck at a depth of 6.2 miles.\n\nPhivolcs, the Philippine agency, said the quake was magnitude 7.0 and to expect tsunami waves of above metre, while Indonesia's BMKG put the quake at a 7.7 magnitude.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "One person dead after massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Philippines"
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