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OCD reports 1 killed due to 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Sarangani
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off Sarangani, Davao Occidental, causing damages and one reported fatality.
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is validating a reported death in Barangay Butuan, Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental.
Several government buildings and some houses and a school in Sarangani town sustained damages from the tremor.
The OCD Administrator raised the NDRRMC Operations Center's alert status to "blue," prompting disaster response agencies to be on standby.
The tectonic earthquake occurred 30 kilometers southwest of Sarangani at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers, according to Phivolcs.
Phivolcs initially reported the earthquake's magnitude as 7.2 before revising it to 6.8, and confirmed no tsunami warning was issued.
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