WORLDPowerful earthquake hits PhilippinesUSA TODAYA fireman inspects a damaged market in the quake-hit town of Padada, Davao Del Sur province, Philippines on Dec. 15, 2019. An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 shook the island of Mindanao in southern Philippines on December 12, a region in which there have been several deadly earthquakes in recent months.Cerilo Ebrano, EPA-EFEResidents look at a destroyed house with a vehicle squeezed underneath after a 6.8- magnitude earthquake in the town of Padada in Davao del Sur province on the island of southern Mindanao. A powerful earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Dec. 15, killing a child and damaging buildings in an area still recovering from a string of deadly quakes in October.Ferdinandh Cabrera, AFP Via Getty ImagesTrapped flower vendors are pulled out from a collapsed wall following an earthquake that struck Padada, Davao del Sur province, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 15, 2019. A strong quake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, causing a three-story building to collapse and prompting people to rush out of shopping malls, houses and other buildings in panic, officials said.John Angelo Jomao-as, APRescuers inspect a damaged market in the quake-hit town of Padada, Davao Del Sur province, Philippines on Dec. 15, 2019.Cerilo Ebrano, EPA-EFEVillagers gather along a damaged road in the quake-hit town of Padada, Davao Del Sur province, Philippines on Dec. 15, 2019.Cerilo Ebrano, EPA-EFEFiremen inspect a damaged market in the quake-hit town of Padada, Davao Del Sur province, Philippines on Dec. 15, 2019.Cerilo Ebrano, EPA-EFERescuers conduct rescue operation on a collapsed structure at a market in the quake-hit town of Padada, Davao Del Sur province, Philippines on Dec. 15, 2019.Cerilo Ebrano, EPA-EFEFeatured Weekly Ad