At least 15 people were injured and more than 800 homes were damaged or destroyed, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
The death toll from the powerful earthquake that hit the southern Philippines on Friday reached at least nine deadas announced by the national disaster management service, warning that it may become even heavier.
The 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the Mindanao island region on Friday after noon (local time), caused part of the roof of a mall in General Santos City to collapse, sending panicked people onto the street.
At least 15 people were injured and more than 800 homes were damaged or destroyed, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
Crews found more bodies in the wreckage during search and rescue operations over the weekend.
Operations have largely ended in them, but the disaster response agency continues to receive new information from dozens of earthquake-hit villages.
“I’m praying to God that the death toll doesn’t rise any further, but we’re still waiting for information” from different areas, the agency’s deputy spokesman, Mark Timball, told AFP.
Earthquakes are daily in the Philippines, an archipelago located on the “ring of fire” of the Pacific Ocean, an area where intense seismic and volcanic activity is recorded, and extends from Japan to the Pacific basin passing through Southeast Asia.
However, most earthquakes are too weak to be felt by humans.
Source :Skai
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