The death toll from a powerful earthquake off the coast of the Philippines’ Mindanao Island has climbed to 19, with 134 people reported injured. The Philippine Civil Defense Office stated that seven individuals remain missing, though the country’s national disaster agency has not yet officially confirmed the casualty figures. Reports on the exact strength of the tremor have varied among regional monitoring agencies. While initial assessments cited a 7.8 magnitude, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded the quake at 7.0, and Indonesian authorities measured it at 7.7.
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