A damaged ceiling at a shopping mall in General Santos City in South Cotabato, after the magnitude 7.2 earthquake. - AFP
MANILA: A magnitude-7.2 earthquake has hit southern Philippines, prompting evacuations and causing damage to buildings.
The tectonic earthquake’s epicentre was located west of Sarangani, Davao Occidental province at the nation’s south, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The tremor hit at 4:14pm local time Friday (Nov 17) and was felt in several surrounding provinces.
