Philippines earthquake: 22 reported dead as rescuers search through wreckage | Philippines
In the local media, referring to reports from Cebu Provincial Information Office, reporting that the death fee in the Central Philippines increased from the earthquake to 22.
The report of the DZMM Radio came to the rescuers because of the damaged buildings and roads of the region after the earthquake on Tuesday night, and because of the riding power in the region of the region.
The center of the earthquake initiated by a local mistake was about 17km (10 miles) of Bogo, a coastal city of approximately 90,000 people in Cebu province, and the disaster-assembly officer Rex Ygot said to Associated Press.
Six people, including three coastal security personnel, firefighters and one child, were killed separately in the town of San Remigio in the south of Bogo, Alfie Reynes, Mayor of the town.
Reynes objected to food and water, saying that San Remiio’s water system was damaged by the earthquake.
Provincial rescue official Wilson Ramos, a collapsed public building of the municipal workers and both in the north of Cebu Island, 9.59 hours from the earthquake (1359 GMT) hours after hitting hours after hitting, he said.
San There may be people trapped under the collapsed buildings, ”he said. He said he didn’t know how many people were missing.
The Philippines, one of the world’s most catastrophic countries, are influenced by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to the location of the seismic errors around the ocean on the Pacific “Fire Ring olan, which is an arc. Each year, approximately 20 typhoons and storms are hit.
On Tuesday night, he said that healing efforts were blocked by dark and aftershocks. The US Geological Service has recorded an earthquake of 5.0 or higher in the region since the first tremor.
25 -year -old Martham Pacilan, who lives in Bandayan town near the earthquake center, said that he was on the town square near a damaged church.
“I heard a high explosion noise in the direction of the church, then I saw rocks falling from the building. Fortunately, nobody was hurt,” he said. “At the same time I was in shock and panic, but my body could not move, I was just expecting the hall to stop.”
Cebu State Government said that a commercial building and a school collapsed in Bandayan and that a series of village roads were damaged.
In Bogo, the earthquake, the concrete walls of the houses, a fire station and the roads damaged, the firefighter Rey Cañete. Cañete, the AP and the other three firefighters continued the interruptions and caries by adding the AP, “We withdrew to retire in our police stations to retire and stumble on the ground because of intense tremor,” he said.
Earthquake, electrical lines caused ride and CEBU and the nearby central islands lead to interruptions, he said.
Cebu State Governor Pamela Baricuatro, in a live video message on the official Facebook account residents to stay calm and open areas to move to open spaces; afraid and awake for the walls or structures that may remain awake, “he called.
The authority said that the state government evaluated the situation and communicated with the municipal authorities.
The US Geological Service reported a 7.0 -magnitude reading before revising, while the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of tsunami.
With Agent France-Presse and Associated Press
