A strong earthquake on Wednesday caused at least two deaths and dozens of injuries in the northern Philippines, where landslides and damage to buildings were still recorded.
the earthquake of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale It was located in the province of Abra, in a mountainous area, said the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Renato Solidum.
A man died after being hit by falling cement slabs at his home in Abra, where at least Another 25 people were injured..
A construction worker died in the mountain town of La Trinidad, in the province of Benguet, where some roads were closed for landslides.
Five people were injured when rocks and debris fell on their vehicles in Mountain province near Benguet, authorities said.
The patients, some in wheelchairs, and the medical staff were taken from at least two hospitals in Manilaas a precaution, after some small cracks were found in the walls.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed nearly 2,000 people in the northern Philippines in 1990.
The Philippines is located on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an area that accumulates about 90% of the world’s seismic and volcanic activity, and is shaken by some 7,000 earthquakes a year, most of them moderate.
Source: Observadora
