Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:49pm on 03 Dec 2023,Sunday Weather & Environment
A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines' Mindanao island late Saturday, leaving 1 pregnant woman dead, 9 missing and 4 injured amid ruined infrastructure as over 600 aftershocks followed. The quake unleashed tsunami warnings, later lifted, with hundreds of families impacted per defense officials. Residents evacuated buildings in multiple towns near the epicenter on Mindanao's east coast. Cracked roads were reported in Bilsig City with patients moved out of a hospital in Butuan though no major building damage reported yet. Japan observed 1.3-foot tsunamis on outlying islands after the Ring of Fire temblor. With aftershocks exceeding 6 magnitude, Mindanao reeled from injuries, fear, and a fatality following the intense seismic upheaval.
