Key facts
- A powerful earthquake has killed at least 37 people in the southern Philippines.
- Hundreds of people have been injured.
- Rescuers are searching for two individuals believed to be trapped in a collapsed building.
- Two survivors were rescued from the building, while one person was found dead.
Rescuers continued their search on Tuesday for survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck the southern Philippine city of General Santos, killing at least 37 people and injuring hundreds. The city was the hardest hit by the tremor. Search efforts focused on a collapsed commercial building that housed a grocery store and other businesses. Regional fire officer Edgar Tanawan reported that two individuals were pulled alive from the rubble, but a third person was found deceased.