MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The residents rushed into the darkness to break down walls of homes and buildings in central Philippines late Tuesday, killing at least 20 people, injuring many others and cutting off the violent shakes that shaking the violent shaking.
The epicenter of the earthquake, which was caused by local faults, is about 17 kilometers (10 miles) northeast of Bogo, a coastal city of about 90,000 people in Cebu, where at least 14 residents have died, Rex Igot told the Associated Press via telephone.
Bogo’s death toll was expected to rise. Workers were trying to speed up search and rescue efforts at a gathering of mountain village huts hit by landslides and rocks, and transport search and rescue efforts, he said.
“It’s difficult to move to the area due to the danger,” another disaster mitigation officer, Glen Ursal, told the Associated Press, adding that some survivors were brought to hospital.
Six people, including three Coast Guard staff, a firefighter and one child, were killed separately in San Remizio Town, south of Bogo, who told the town’s deputy mayor, Alfie Reynes, in the DZMM Radio Network without detailing how the victims died.
Reigns sued for food and water, saying that San Remigio’s water system was damaged by the earthquake.
In Bogo, the earthquake damaged the concrete walls of the house, the fire department and concrete and asphalt roads, firefighter Ray Kaneete said.
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“We were in the barracks to retire for the day the ground began to shake, and we stumbled on the ground because we quickly shaked,” Kaneete told the Associated Press, adding that he and three other firefighters had been cut and bruises.
The fire station concrete walls have collapsed, Kaneete said. He and fellow firefighters provided emergency services to at least three residents. At least three residents were injured in falling debris and collapsed walls.
Hundreds of horrific residents gathered in the darkness of grassy fields near the fire station and refused to return home after an earthquake struck in Bogo. Some business establishments have visibly suffered damages, and the asphalt and concrete roads they passed by had deep cracks, which also damaged the old Roman Catholic church in the town of Dhanbantayan near Bogo.
Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro said the extent of damage and injuries to Bogo and the outer towns in the northern part of the state is not known until the day. “It may be worse than we think,” he said in a video message posted to Facebook.
The Philippine Volcanic Seismic Institute issued a temporary tsunami warning and advised people not to approach Cebu’s coastline or nearby Leyte and Bililan provinces, as it could potentially waves of up to 1 meter (3 feet).
Institute director Teresito Bacolcol said the tsunami warning was later lifted and the unusual waves were not monitored.
Cebu and other states were still recovering from a storm It struck the central region on Friday, with at least 27 people dead primarily due to own deaths and falling trees, knocking out power across cities and towns, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate.
The Philippines is the most common in the world Disasters are prone to occur The countries are located in the “Ring of Fire” of the Pacific Ocean, an arc of seismic faults around the ocean, and thus are subject to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The archipelago is also hit by around 20 typhoons and storms each year.
