AtleastninepeoplediedinanearthquakeonTuesdayontheislandofMindanaoinsouthernPhilippines. ThiswasreportedbythenewspaperManilaBulletin.
Previouslyreportedtwodead. Itisnotedthatamongthevictimsofthedisaster, childrenandadolescentscaughtinrubbleduringevacuationfromschools. Searchandrescueoperationsareongoing.
Accordingtoreports, infrastructurewasdamagedindifferentpartsoftheisland. Authoritiesaretryingtoestablishtheexactnumberofvictims.
AsthePhilippineInstituteofVolcanologyandSeismologyreported, themagnitudeoftheearthquakewas6.6. Undergroundpointswererecordedat09:04localtime (04:04Moscowtime). Thefocusoftheelementsliesatadepthofabout7km. Soonafter, theEuro-MediterraneanSeismologicalCenterrecordedoscillations58kmnorthwestofthecityofDavaowithmagnitudesof5.2and5.1.
At least nine people died in an earthquake on Mindanao, Philippines
earthquake on Mindanao, Philippines
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