Rescue teams conduct search operations amid the rubble of collapsed buildings in General Santos City, a day after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Philippines. (Pics/AFP, Text/AP)

A powerful 7.8-magnitude offshore earthquake struck near southern Philippines, killing at least three people and causing widespread destruction in Mindanao. Tsunami warnings triggered mass evacuations across the Philippines and neighbouring Indonesia, Malaysia, and Pacific regions. (PICS/AFP)