Residents of Barangay Kusiong in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao and rescue workers participate in an emergency drill Thursday (30 July 2015), simulating a 7.9-magnitude earthquake followed by a tsunami.

The place was hit by a tsunami in 1976 wherein 8,000 people died. MindaNews photo by Ferdinandh B.

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