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Jim Gomez

UNCOVERED: Strong earthquake strikes philippines island - Caught on Camera

An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake has rocked the southern Philippines, killing at least 32 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in damaged buildings and sending a one-metre tsunami into nearby coasts.

A few buildings collapsed and key infrastructure sustained quake damage in the city of General Santos on Monday, and tsunami damage was reported in at least one coastal village.

Smaller waves were measured in Indonesia and Palau and as far away as southern Japan.

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