Manila: Fifty-one people were injured and several homes, churches and other buildings damaged when an earthquake sent terrified residents of the southern Philippines fleeing their homes before dawn, police said.
The 5.8-magnitude shallow quake struck the north-east coast of Mindanao island at 4.42am yesterday, with the Philippine seismology office recording seven less intense aftershocks.
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