A 6-year-old girl was one of three fatalities in a 6.8 magnitude- earthquake in Mindanao’s central city of Davao. According to local officials, a roof collapsed of her family home crushing the young girl in her family’s home.
Major damage was also reported in a market in the Mindanao town of Padada. Unlike many of the recent quakes which have measured over six points on the Richter scale, the epicenter of Mindanao’s recent geological disaster was further inland, sparing the area residents from the effects of tsunami-triggered tidal waves.
CNN International reports the catastrophe in an article posted Saturday, December 15.