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4.7 magnitude aftershock jolts parts of Mindanao 2 days after quake @ 2019-10-19T04: Back Hot News
Keyword:5 dead in Davao magnitude quake
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MAGNITUDE 6.3 EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES, CAUSING LANDSLIDES AND A FIRE AT A SHOPPING MALL, AUTHORITIES SAID.
A 7.7-MAGNITUDE QUAKE KILLED NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLE AND COLLAPSED BUILDINGS AND HOUSES IN LUZON IN 1990. —REPORTS FROM GERMELINA LACORTE, KARLOS MANLUPIG, ELDIE AGUIRRE, TAHER SOLAIMAN, BONG SARMIENTO, MART SAMBALUD, JIGGER J. JERUSALEM, JHESSET O. ENANO, TINA G. SANTOS AND JULIE M. AURELIO
DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED ON THE FLOOR OF A DAMAGED STORE A DAY AFTER A STRONG QUAKE STRUCK IN DIGOS, DAVAO DEL SUR PROVINCE, SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES THURSDAY. A POWERFUL AND SHALLOW EARTHQUAKE HIT SEVERAL SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE PROVINCES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INJURING SOME PEOPLE IN COLLAPSED HOUSES AND PROMPTING THOUSANDS TO SCRAMBLE OUT OF HOMES, SHOPPING MALLS AND A HOSPITAL IN PANIC, OFFICIALS AND NEWS REPORTS SAID.
MEANWHILE, DAVAO DEL SUR GOVERNOR DOUGLAS CAGAS HAS ORDERED THE SUSPENSION OF WORK AND CLASSES IN ALL LEVELS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, DUE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF MAGNITUDE 6.3 EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT THE PROVINCE LAST NIGHT AND CAUSED DAMAGES TO PROPERTIES, INJURIES TO RESIDENTS AND THREE CASUALTIES.
THE 6.4 MAGNITUDE QUAKE STRUCK THE MINDANAO REGION, WHICH MAKES UP THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE PHILIPPINES, ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SEVERAL RELATIVELY STRONG AFTERSHOCKS WERE FELT AND OFFICIALS ORDERED CLASSES TO BE SUSPENDED THURSDAY TO ALLOW INSPECTIONS OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN THE QUAKE-HIT AREAS, INCLUDING IN PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE’S HOMETOWN OF DAVAO CITY. DUTERTE WAS IN THE CAPITAL, MANILA, WHEN THE QUAKE STRUCK. SOME AREAS LOST THEIR POWER DUE TO THE QUAKE, HAMPERING IMMEDIATE AND DETAILED INSPECTIONS OF POSSIBLE DAMAGES, OFFICIALS SAID.
AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, AND SCORES OTHERS HAVE SUSTAINED INJURIES FOLLOWING A SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES THAT HAVE STRUCK THE PHILIPPINES. THE 6.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE QUAKE TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES AND CAUSED A FIRE IN THE GAISANO SHOPPING MALL IN GENERAL SANTOS CITY SHORTLY AFTER THE QUAKE, BUT SHOPPERS AND EMPLOYEES MANAGED TO ESCAPE WITHOUT INJURIES, THE CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICE SAID.
IN MAGSAYSAY TOWN IN DAVAO DEL SUR, WHERE MOST OF THE HOUSES WERE DAMAGED, A TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY FALLING OBJECTS IN HER SLEEP, MAGSAYSAY INFORMATION OFFICER ANTHONY ALLADA SAID. HE ADDED THAT A MOTHER AND CHILD DIED WHEN THEIR HOUSE WAS BURIED IN AN EARTHQUAKE-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDE.
THE TREMOR WAS ALSO FELT AT VARYING MAGNITUDES IN PRES. ROXAS AND PIKIT TOWNS, NORTH COTABATO; DIGOS CITY AND TOWNS IN DAVAO DEL SUR; STO. NINO, LAKE SEBU, POLOMOLOK, TAMPAKAN AND TUPI TOWNS, AND KORONADAL AND GEN. SANTOS CITIES IN SOUTH COTABATO; TACURONG CITY, KALAMANSIG AND PALIMBANG TOWNS IN SULTAN KUDARAT; ALABEL, KIAMBA AND MALUNGON IN SARANGANI; DAVAO CITY; ESPERANZA & ROSARIO, AGUSAN DEL SUR; KALILANGAN, QUEZON, KADINGILAN AND DAMULOG, BUKIDNON; MAWAB, COMPOSTELA VALLEY; COTABATO CITY; MATANOG, BARIRA, SULTAN KUDARAT AND DATU PAGLAS TOWNS IN MAGUINDANAO; DIPOLOG CITY, AND STA. JOSEFA IN AGUSAN DEL SUR; ILIGAN CITY; DIPOLOG CITY
THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS THE MAGNITUDE 6.4 QUAKE THAT HIT WEDNESDAY EVENING WAS CENTERED ABOUT 8 KILOMETERS (5 MILES) FROM COLUMBIO IN THE MINDANAO REGION. IT HAD A DEPTH OF ONLY 14 KILOMETERS (8 MILES). SHALLOW QUAKES TEND TO CAUSE MORE DAMAGE THAN DEEPER ONES.
ONE OF THE WORLD"S MOST DISASTER-PRONE COUNTRIES, THE PHILIPPINES HAS FREQUENT EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ACTIVITY BECAUSE IT LIES ON THE SO-CALLED PACIFIC "RING OF FIRE," A SEISMICALLY ACTIVE ARC OF VOLCANOS AND FAULT LINES IN THE PACIFIC BASIN. A MAGNITUDE 7.7 QUAKE KILLED NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN PHILIPPINES IN 1990.
DAVAO, PHILIPPINES (AP) – A STRONG EARTHQUAKE IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES HAS LEFT AT LEAST ONE PERSON DEAD AND INJURED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN.
SCHOOLS IN QUAKE-HIT AREAS, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT"S HOMETOWN OF DAVAO CITY, SUSPENDED CLASSES ON THURSDAY SO BUILDINGS CAN BE INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE. PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE WAS IN THE CAPITAL, MANILA, WHEN THE QUAKE STRUCK.
IN JUNE THIS YEAR, AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND MANY HOUSES, CHURCHES AND BUILDING DAMAGED AFTER A STRONG 5.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ROCKED SURIGAO DEL SUR PROVINCE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
A RESIDENT STANDS NEAR A HUGE CRACK IN A CEMENTED ROAD CAUSED BY A 6.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THE NIGHT BEFORE, IN THE TOWN OF MAGSAYSAY IN DAVAO DEL SUR ON THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE ISLAND OF MINDANAO ON THURSDAY (AFP PHOTO)
"WE FELT A VERY STRONG JOLT AND THERE WAS A BLACKOUT. I SAW PEOPLE RUSHING DOWN. WE WERE PANICKING, HEADING TO THE EXIT," SAID A HOTEL CONSULTANT VISITING KIDAPAWAN CITY BETWEEN THE EPICENTRE OF THE QUAKE AND DAVAO.

 

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