The topic is earthquakes.

It happened on Monday at 10:51am.

In short:

A big earthquake hit the southern Philippines. It was very strong and killed one person. Some buildings fell down.

There might be big waves on some beaches in the Philippines.

Some beaches in Indonesia and Malaysia might also have big waves.

A powerful earthquake hit the southern Philippines. There might be a tsunami.

One person died and four people were hurt.

Many buildings were damaged. The police are busy helping people.

Some areas lost power. People were told to go to higher ground.

The earthquake happened near a city called General Santos.

It happened at 7:37am on Monday.

There might be big waves on some beaches in the Philippines and other countries.

A school was badly damaged.

People in coastal areas were told to evacuate.

Indonesia told people in some areas to leave because of the tsunami threat.

Some other countries might also have big waves.

Japan was warned about a tsunami.

There is no threat to Hawaii or the US mainland.

People in Indonesia felt the earthquake.

There were smaller earthquakes after the big one.

The earthquake was deep in the ground.

The Philippines gets many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

The country also gets many typhoons.

AP/AFP

It happened on Monday at 10:51am.

It was updated on Monday at 11:47am.

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