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Powerful earthquake shook Central Philippines; killing 5

Monday, April 22, 2019

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A powerful earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck the central Philippines on Monday, shaking buildings in the busy city of Manila and killing at least five people in the province of Pampanga. This strong earthquake was centred on the town of Castillejos, which is about 100 kilometres (62 miles) northwest of Manila, local geologists said. The scientists from the US Geological Survey logged its magnitude at 6.3, and said its epicenter was 40 kilometres (25 miles) below the Earth’s surface.

 

 

Three bodies have been pulled out of a collapsed building in the town of Porac in Pampanga, while an old woman and her grandchild were crushed to death by another building in the town of Lubao, provincial governor Lilia Pineda told.

 

 

The provincial governor Lilia Pineda said that the quake has caused a blackout. The violent earthquake sent thousands of people fleeing high-rises in Manila as buildings shook.

 

 

In the business district of Makati City, most of the office workers piled out onto the streets as emergency alarms blared, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake sent thousands of people fleeing high-rises in Manila as buildings shook. The Philippines is on the seismically active Pacific “Ring of Fire”, a horse-shoe shaped band of volcanoes and fault lines circling the edges of the Pacific Ocean.

 

 

Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology chief Renato Solidum says that the earthquake, which was caused by movement of a local fault, was not strong enough to trigger a tsunami or cause widespread damage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@AFP
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