Massive 7.8 Earthquake Shakes Philippines! 🚨🌊 The ground did not just shake in the southern Philippines early Monday morning, it literally violently convulsed , leaving an entire coastal region of over seven hundred thousand people scrambling for their lives as the terrifying threat of a ten foot tsunami loomed over the Pacific ocean. The sheer scale of what just occurred in the southern region of the Philippines is enough to make anyone stop dead in their tracks and realize just how unpredictable our planet truly is. At exactly seven thirty seven in the morning , while most residents of General Santos city were simply waking up, starting their coffee makers, or preparing for a standard work week, a massive seven point eight magnitude earthquake violently disrupted everything. The epicenter was localized just eight miles southwest of General Santos at a remarkably shallow depth of six point two miles according to local seismological reports. When an earthquake of th...
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