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A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Oct. 10, its seismology agency said, with tsunami warnings issued in several countries and people in nearby coastal...

"Some buildings were reported to have been damaged," Edwin Jubahib, governor of Davao Oriental province, told Philippine broadcaster DZMM.