A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday (October 10), killing at least two people and causing structural damage in towns near the epicentre. Authorities have warned of strong aftershocks.

Visuals from the Panabo City Fire Station show fire trucks swaying during the powerful quake, as people nearby took cover. A damage assessment was later conducted after cracks were found in several establishments across the city.

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1. FIRE TRUCKS SWAYING / PEOPLE TAKING COVER

The quake was among the strongest in recent years to hit the Philippines, which sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and experiences more than 800 quakes each year.

It came two weeks after the Philippines experienced its deadliest earthquake in more than a decade with 74 people killed on the central island of Cebu following an offshore quake of magnitude 6.9.

An eyewitness video, verified by Reuters, showed residents massed outside buildings in Mindanao's Butuan city following the earthquake. Some people crouched for safety. (2391-PHILIPPINES-QUAKE/UGC 3)

BUTUAN CITY, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (JAN ANDERSON RABINO - No resales / Must on-screen courtesy Jan Anderson Rabino)

2. PEOPLE STANDING AND CROUCHING IN OPEN SPACE OUTSIDE BUILDINGS

A resident in Davao City recalled the panic and fear he and others felt when the strong earthquake rocked their city. Jaypee Panuncio, 28, filmed overhead cables and vehicles shaking during the quake on his mobile phone. His video also showed people holding on to cars, with one person crouching beside a vehicle for safety. (2398-PHILIPPINES-QUAKE/EYEWITNESS)

DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (JAYPEE PANUNCIO - No resale / Must on screen courtesy "Jaypee Panuncio")

3. CAR SHAKING, PERSON HOLDING ON TO CAR / WOMAN SQUATTING DOWN NEXT TO CAR WHILE HOLDING ON TO IT / CAT RUNNING OUT ONTO STREET, OVERHEAD CABLES SHAKING / PEOPLE PASSING THROUGH GATE / OVERHEAD CABLES SHAKING / MAN HOLDING ON TO CAR, TRUCK IN BACKGROUND SHAKING

DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT)

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEDICAL PRACTITIONER, JAYPEE PANUNCIO, 28, SAYING:

"I was just lying in my bed and then I felt the shake, then I know that it was an earthquake, so I immediately went outside my room. While I was running at the corridor outside the building, I can still feel the shake, the strong shake of the earthquake."

DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (JAYPEE PANUNCIO - No resale / Must on screen courtesy "Jaypee Panuncio")

5. PEOPLE STANDING NEAR CAR / CAR PARKED OUTSIDE GATED BUILDING

DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT)

6.(SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) MEDICAL PRACTITIONER, JAYPEE PANUNCIO, 28, SAYING:

"It was very strong. We saw the ground and the cars moving. Even my friends are being swayed by the quake, it was so strong.”

Another video verified by Reuters showed toppled cabinets in an office and a mast on building roof shaking. The Seismology agency Phivolcs warned of damage and aftershocks from the strong quake, which struck in waters off Manay town in Davao Oriental in the Mindanao region.

It revised down the magnitude from an initial reading of 7.6 to 7.5, and put the depth of the quake at 20 km (12 miles). (2335-PHILIPPINES-QUAKE/UGC)

DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (Francis Magbanua - No Resales / Must on-screen courtesy Francis Magbanua) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT)

7. TOPPLED CABINETS IN OFFICE / SIREN HEARD IN BACKGROUND / PEOPLE IN OFFICE

8. VIEW OF BUILDING ROOF FROM WINDOW / MAST ON ROOF SHAKING

Authorities issued evacuation orders and people in Koronadal City, General Santos City, Cagayan De Oro City and Tacloban moved out of buildings, some standing on roadsides while awaiting further instructions.

Richie Diuyen, a disaster official in Manay, said the quake lasted 30 to 40 seconds and damaged some homes and the facade of a church, while leaving cracked roads and unpassable bridges.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr also said authorities were assessing the situation and search-and-rescue teams would fan out once it was safe. (2349-PHILIPPINES-QUAKE/EVACUATION)

KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (ABS-CBN – No use Philippines)

9. MEN CARRYING WOMAN OUTSIDE BUILDING

10. PEOPLE LEAVING BUILDING

11. PEOPLE SEATED IN GYMNASIUM

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (ABS-CBN – No use Philippines)

12. TAXIS DRIVING ON THE ROAD/WOMEN HUGGING WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE BUILDING

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (ORIGINALLY FILMED IN PORTRAIT) (ABS-CBN - No use Philippines) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT)

13. PEOPLE STANDING ALONG SIDEWALK FILMED FROM A MOVING CAR

14. PEOPLE CROSSING ROAD DURING EVACUATION AFTER EARTHQUAKE HIT

TACLOBAN CITY, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (ABS-CBN – No use Philippines)

15. OVERHEAD LIGHTS SWAYING INSIDE SHOP / VEHICLES DRIVING PAST AT COASTAL AREA

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