7.8-magnitude quake hit the southern island of Mindanao killing at least 55 people and leaving a trail of destruction 7.8-magnitude quake hit the southern island of Mindanao killing at least 55 people and leaving a trail of destruction I t was just before midnight when the rescue team pulled the body from the rubble of a grocery store destroyed by the most powerful quake to hit the Philippines in half a century. The family wailed at the sight. “While tragic, it offered the family a painful