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Fire, miscarriage, death: Mindanao quake rattles residents

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/10/17/20191016-earthquake-gaisano-fire-gensan-ap-19289805741130.jpg"/><figcaption>Smoke billows from a mall as it catches fire shortly after a strong earthquake struck General Santos city, South Cotabato province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Oct. 16, 2019. <em>Allan Jay Resane, AP</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Residents fled to higher ground and hospital patients poured out into the streets after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of southern Mindanao Wednesday night.</p><p>The magnitude 6.3 tremor struck about 22 kilometers southeast of Tulunan, North Cotabato at 7:37 p.m. Wednesday, leaving at least 4 dead and 60 injured across Mindanao. </p><p>One of the fatalities, a 7-year-old girl from Datu Paglas town in Maguindanao, was killed after a wall collapsed on her.</p><p>A pregnant woman in Kidapawan City also suffered a miscarriage as over 200 aftershocks jolted the southern city right after the quake, according to a local disaster official. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/17/19/pregnant-woman-suffers-miscarriage-as-200-aftershocks-rock-kidapawan-official">Pregnant woman suffers miscarriage as 200 aftershocks rock Kidapawan</a></li></ul><p>In Magsaysay town, Davao del Sur, local officials said more than 20 people were injured while most of the houses were totally damaged by the quake. </p><p>Authorities also evacuated residents from the mountain village of Ilomavis in Kidapawan due to rockfall. </p><p>Fire erupted at Gaisano Mall Wednesday night, right after the temblor. </p><p>The fire started Wednesday night in the mall&#x27;s first floor, but has spread to the second and third stories as of Thursday morning. </p><p>All mall visitors were evacuated and authorities have yet to receive reports of injuries or fatalities there, as of this posting. </p><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS/videos/446260036009202/" data-width="auto"> </div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jrbfUTqrtPM?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Meanwhile, scores of residents scrambled away from the coastline of Davao province Thursday due to a false tsunami warning when the water receded during low tide. </p><p>The quake has affected the Mount Apo geothermal power plant, causing power outages in parts of South Cotabato, North Cotabato and the entire city of Kidapawan.</p><p>Director Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said residents in quake-affected areas of Mindanao should be on the lookout for landslides.</p><p>&quot;Iyong mga matatarik na lugar, lalo na sa may Intensity 7 at 6... Sa mga aftershocks o di kaya&#x27;y may malakas na pag-ulan, baka magkaroon din ng landslide,&quot; Solidum told radio DZMM. </p><p>The Philippines is on the geologically active Pacific Ring of Fire and experiences frequent earthquakes. <strong>With a report from Reuters </strong></p>

<p>Residents fled to higher ground and hospital patients poured out into the streets after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of southern Mindanao Wednesday night.</p>

Residents fled to higher ground and hospital patients poured out into the streets after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of southern Mindanao Wednesday night.