Keyword: "Mindanao island"

According to the Philippines’ Office of Civil Defense (OCD), the earthquake forced around 20,000 people from their homes, with many seeking shelter in emergency evacuation centres.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Mindanao Island in the Philippines on the afternoon of January 28 (local time).

The tremor struck near Dapa municipality in Surigao del Norte province at a depth of around 69km, USGS reported.

The fatalities in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck near Davao city on the Philippines’ southern Mindanao island on December 15 have increased to four, according to latest reports.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Davao city on the Philippines’ Mindanao island on December 15, killing a 6-year-old girl and injuring 14 others, according to latest reports.

A 6.6-magnitude quake struck the southern Philippines on October 29 morning, killing a boy, said Philippine authorities.

Fifty-one people were injured and several homes, churches and other buildings damaged on July 13 when an earthquake sent terrified residents of the southern Philippines fleeing their homes before dawn, local police said.

At least 17 people, including children, were injured in a bomb explosion outside a restaurant in Isulan city on Mindanao island in the south of the Philippines on April 3.

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off southern Mindanao island, the Philippines, on December 29, raising fears of dangerous tsunami waves, but after about two hours, the tsunami alert was withdrawn.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has proposed a dialogue between his administration and the country's Islamist extremist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) to end conflicts.

At least four people were killed after the tropical storm Sanba landed in the east coast of the southern of Mindanao, the second largest island of the Philippines, on February 13, with gusts of 75 kilometres an hour.

The Philippine police said on December 23 that the death toll from tropical storm Tembin has climbed to 133 while scores of people have been missing and more than 50,000 others displaced.

The Philippine Congress on December 13 has approved the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao Island, aiming to completely eradicate terrorists and rebels in the country’s southern region.

At least three soldiers were killed and 52 others wounded in the fight between government forces and insurgents in Marawi city of the Philippines’s southern island of Mindanao.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on August 30 has allowed the government army to decide suitable measures to take back areas that under insurgents’ control in the southern city of Marawi on Mindanao Island.

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern region of Mindanao island in the Philippines on August 5.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on July 17 vowed to push a law establishing an autonomous region on the southern island of Mindanao.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the Congress to extend martial law in the entire Mindanao and nearby islands to the end of the year to crush rebels inspired by the Islamic State militant group.

Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has said intelligence reports indicated that foreign Islamic State (IS) fighters fleeing the Middle East are planning to shift their bases to Southeast Asia.

Malaysia is ready to help the Philippines fight against terrorism on the southern island of Mindanao, said a Malaysian official.