A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 shook the northern Philippines on Tuesday evening, the US Geological Service said, as local officials warned of the possibility of a quake. for ruin.
“We expect damage here,” seismologist Sharm Villamil told reporters following the quake, which occurred around 10:59 p.m. (2:59 GMT) near the high-altitude city. of Dolores.
effect said on Buildings will depend on Its structural integrity as well as properties of the land where they were built.
The earthquake occurred at a relatively shallow depth of 15.2 kilometers (9.4 miles), felt as far away as the capital, Manila, more From 330 km to the south.
“The buildings were shaking very badly,” Dolores police officer Jeffrey Blanes told AFP. people he ran outside. “
“everybody of the police personnel He went out of Because of the police station of “There is an earthquake,” he said, adding that there currently “There are no reports of damage or injury.”
In July, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in The same area triggered Landslides and landslides in mountain region killing 11 people and injuring several hundred more, according to official Number.
Earthquakes happen daily in The Philippines, which lies along the Pacific Ring of fire’ arc of Severe seismic and volcanic activity extending from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific Basin.
civil nation defense office Regular drills simulating earthquake scenarios along active fault lines.
In October 2013, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the central island of Bohol, killing more from 200 people.
who – which powerful The earthquake changed the landscape of the island and pushed up the “crevice of the land” up a stretch of The earth by up up to 3 meters, creating a wall of A rock above the epicenter.
