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IN PHOTOS: Mindanao earthquake's trail of damage
Patients of a hospital in Makilala, North Cotabato, were evacuated after the earthquake struck.
EVACUEES. Patients are evacuated from a hospital in Makilala, Cotabato, following the earthquake.
Photo by Geonarri Solmenaro/AFP
TEMPORARY SHELTER. A tent is pitched as temporary shelter for patients outside a hospital in Makilala, North Cotabato on October 17, 2019.
Photo by Geonarri Solmenaro/AFP
The municipal hall of Magsaysay town in Davao del Sur was also damaged. Maysaysay is near the earthquake's epicenter.
A fire hit a mall in General Santos City, but authorities were still investigating whether the incident was related to the earthquake that rocked the region.
BLAZE. Firemen try to put out a fire inside a mall on October 16, 2019, after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Mindanao.
Photo by Edwin Espejo/AFP
PANIC. A strong and shallow earthquake hit the southern Philippines, sending hundreds rushing out of a shopping mall where a local television said an elderly man was injured.
Photo by Edwin Espejo/AFP
Chief Philippine government seismologist Renato Solidum said there was no risk of a tsunami because it occurred inland, but he advised residents to check their homes for possible damage. (READ: Earthquake tips: what to do before, during, and after) – Rappler.com