DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 December) – A magnitude 6.

9 earthquake struck parts of Mindanao at

2:11 p.m. Sunday, the strongest of the series of powerful quakes in the last two months.

The state-run Philippine Information Agency reported that several shoppers and employees of the
three-storey Southern Trade, a shopping center in Padada, Davao del Sur, are feared trapped when the
building collapsed.

The report quoted Engr. Luke Cadoyas, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer,
as saying four who were near the building and were injured were rescued at around 3:30 p.m.

It was the fifth quake above Magnitude 6 that jolted Mindanao between October 16 and December 15:
Magnitude 6.3 on October 16; 6.6 and 6.1 on October 29; 6.5 on October 31 and 6.9 on December 15.