Death toll in Philippines quake rises to 4, with 60 injured

A strong earthquake in northern #philippines has killed four people and injured 60, the interior minister said on Wednesday.

Two people died in Benguet province, one in Abra province, and one more in another province, Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos told a televised news conference.
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 rattled #Abraprovince in the northern Philippines on Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of #Volcanology and #Seismology said.

The institute said the quake, which occurred at 8:43 a.m. local time (0043 GMT), hit at a depth of 25 km, about 2 km northeast of Lagangilang town.

The tremor was also felt in many areas on the main Luzon Island, including Metro #Manila , where high-rise buildings swayed and #traintransport halted operation.

Employees in several offices, including the presidential palace, ran out of the buildings.

Like Indonesia, the Philippines is located on the ‘ring of fire’, an area in the Pacific Ocean with nearly 130 active volcanoes where many earthquakes also occur. In October 2013, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Bohol Island in the central Philippines, killing more than 200 people. In 1990, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake caused a landslide of more than 100 kilometers, resulting in an estimated 1,200 fatalities.
#ringoffire , #landslides
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Magnitude Mw 7.1
Region LUZON, PHILIPPINES
Date time 2022-07-27 00:43:24.4 UTC
Location 17.53 N ; 120.85 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 79 km SSE of Laoag, Philippines / pop: 102,000 / local time: 08:43:24.4 2022-07-27
20 km NE of San Ramon, Philippines / pop: 4,000 / local time: 08:43:24.4 2022-07-27