An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 35 people, injuring over 200 others, and triggering a 1-meter tsunami into nearby coasts.
Several buildings collapsed or sustained heavy damage in the hard-hit city of General Santos, while tsunami damage was reported in at least one southern coastal village.
The quake also triggered a landslide in Glan, a municipality in the province of Sarangani, that killed 13 villagers.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the cancellation of classes and directed disaster-response agencies to immediately get to work in quake-hit provinces.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the threat of a tsunami largely passed about five hours after the quake.
Philippine officials also lifted a tsunami warning by mid-afternoon.
