MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A magnitude 6.9 offshore earthquake shook central Philippines late Tuesday, killing at least six people, wounding several more, and kicking residents into darkness as it blocked violent shaken power.
The earthquake concentrated about 17 kilometers (10 miles) northeast of Bogo, a coastal city of about 90,000 people in Cebu, and attacked around 10pm local time.
Six people, including three Coast Guard personnel, firefighters and children, were killed in San Remigio Town, south of Bogo, the town’s deputy mayor, and Alfie Rains told the DZMM Radio Network without elaborating on how the victims died.
Reigns sued for food and water, saying that San Remigio’s water system was damaged by the earthquake. Heavy equipment may be required to deal with damages in mountain villages in the area, Raines said.
In Bogo, the earthquake damaged the concrete walls of the house, the fire department and concrete and asphalt roads, firefighter Ray Kaneete said.
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“We were in the barracks to retire for the day the ground began to shake. We came out on the ground due to the intense shaking, but we stumbled on the ground,” Cañete told The Associated Press over the phone, adding that he and three other firefighters had been cuts and bruises.
The fire station concrete walls have collapsed, Kaneete said. He and fellow firefighters provided emergency services to at least three residents injured in debris and collapsed walls, including an elderly man with head injuries that he took to a nearby hospital, he said, adding that it is likely that more residents were injured due to the severe shaking.
Hundreds of horrific residents gathered in the darkness of grassy fields near the fire station and refused to return home after an earthquake struck in Bogo. Some business establishments have visibly suffered damages, and the asphalt and concrete roads they passed by had deep cracks, which also damaged the old Roman Catholic church in the town of Dhanbantayan near Bogo.
Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro said an unspecified number of homes and hospitals have been damaged in Bogo and elsewhere, and emergency medical teams have been deployed to pinned and treat injured residents. She said the extent of the damage and injuries would not be known until daytime.
“We’ve already dispatched a trauma team. The doctors and nurses are on the way,” Baliquattro told DZMM Radio Network. “We need medicines, food and medical teams.”
The Philippine Volcanic Seismic Institute issued a temporary tsunami warning and advised people not to approach Cebu’s coastline or nearby Leyte and Bililan provinces, as it could potentially waves of up to 1 meter (3 feet).
Institute director Teresito Bacolcol told the Associated Press that the tsunami warning was lifted while the tsunami warning was not monitored.
Central Philippines provinces still recovered from a storm It hit Friday, killing at least 27 people, mainly due to drowning and falling trees, knocking out power across cities and towns, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate.
The Philippines is the most common in the world Disasters are prone to occur The countries are located in the “Ring of Fire” of the Pacific Ocean, an arc of seismic faults around the ocean, and thus are subject to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The archipelago is also hit by around 20 typhoons and storms each year.
