Update: Philippines earthquake kills one and injures many


Rescue crew members looking for trapped victims at collapsed building at Padada market on Sunday (Dec 15) in Padada, Philippines. - Reuters

MANILA: A six-year-old girl died after a wall collapsed on her during a powerful earthquake on Sunday (May 18), Vincent Fernandez, the mayor of Matanao town in the southern Philippines told local radio.

The strong earthquake struck near the Philippine city of Davao and damaging buildings and causing several injuries, officials said, the latest in a series of tremors to strike the southern part of the country in recent months.

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