An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 35 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in ruined buildings and sending a 1-meter

A task force confirmed the presence of a 20-foot by 20-foot floating structure and what appears to be an antenna in the disputed Scarborough Shoal.

U.S. embassy warns residents "evacuate immediately to higher grounds or move farther inland."

The Philippines is going to be locked in a long-term struggle with China over the South China Sea, the country's national defense secretary tells CNBC.

Several mostly low-rise buildings collapsed or sustained heavy damages in the hard-hit city of General Santos.