A strong earthquake has killed at least two people, injured dozens and cracked buildings in the northern Philippines.
The Red Cross issued a picture of a three-story building precariously leaning toward a debris-covered road in Abra. A video taken by a panicking witness showed parts of an old stone church tower peeling off and falling in a cloud of dust on a hilltop.
Patients, some in wheelchairs, and medical personnel were evacuated from at least two hospitals in Manila, about 300 kilometers south of Lagangilang, but were later told to return after engineers found only a few minor cracks on walls. The quake's strength was lowered from the initial 7.3 magnitude after further analysis. The quake was set off by movement in a local fault at a depth of 17 kilometers , the institute said, adding it expected damage and more aftershocks.
The Philippines lies along the Pacific"Ring of Fire," an arc of faults around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's earthquakes occur. It is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year, making it one of the world's most disaster-prone countries.Copyright AP - Associated Press
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