Marcos orders rescue, relief operations in quake-hit province
MANILA— Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered the immediate dispatch of rescue and relief teams to the earthquake-affected province of
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MANILA— Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered the immediate dispatch of rescue and relief teams to the earthquake-affected province of
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will fly to Abra following the magnitude 7 quake that struck the province on Wednesday morning.
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the northern Philippines Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, shattering windows of buildings at the epicentre and shaking high-rise towers more than 300 kilometres (185 miles) away in the capital Manila.
The magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Abra on Wednesday morning has left five people dead and 64 others injured, according to the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD).
Temblor in the northern part of Luzon was “very strong, stronger than usual,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says.