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More than a dozen people are dead and hundreds injured after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines
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The quake hit just after 7.30 this morning local time in the Mindanao region
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Buildings collapsed across the area and authorities say key roads, bridges and other infrastructure in and around General Santos City sustained major damage
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The earthquake also triggered a tsunami of up to three feet, damaging at least one coastal village
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Smaller waves were detected in Indonesia, Palau, and as far away as southern Japan
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The quake struck just as students were returning to class for the start of the new school year
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One video posted to social media shows children crouching outdoors as the ground shakes beneath them
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In another incident, the roof of a high school building collapsed while students were gathered outside on the school's sports field
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No injuries were reported. However, the Philippines Office of Civil Defense says at least 19 people were killed in the earthquake
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Most in collapsed buildings and landslides and thousands of residents are now displaced from their homes
