Closing summary
Thank you for following our live coverage of the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines on Friday.
Here is a quick recap of what we know.
A tsunami warning triggered by the quake has now been lifted.
The earthquake killed at least one person, damaged buildings, knocked out power, and prompted evacuations of coastal areas.
People fled in panic, schools were shuttered and several buildings sustained cracks, including the international airport building in Davao. However, the airport remained operational with no flights cancelled.
Neighbouring Indonesia also issued a tsunami warning for the areas of north Sulawesi and Papua, with reports only of small waves in those regions.
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jnr., said the country was still assessing the full extent of the damage.
Though the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu said the tsunami threat from the earthquake has ended, small sea fluctuations may continue.
Small waves were detected on the Indonesian and Philippine coasts after Friday’s earthquake, with the highest recorded at 17cm above tide level in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province.
Meanwhile, damage from the earthquake is still being assessed.
“We’ve had earthquakes in the past, but this was the strongest,” Jun Saavedra, a disaster-mitigation officer of Governor Generoso town in Davao Oriental, told The Associated Press by cellphone.
Saavedra said that his town, located about 100 km south of Manay, experienced intense ground swaying – causing cracks in several buildings, including schools.
He added that at least 50 students from a high school in his town were brought to hospital by ambulance after either fainting or becoming dizzy due to the earthquake.
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