Rizal Philippines
July 10, 2017
From Inquirer News
A massive strong earthquake attributed to movement of Leyte portion of Philippine fault. One was reported killed and 40 confined in hospital. Numerous houses were reported destroyed, buildings collapsed and road cracks
It was reported to be Magnitude 6.5. Just to give a comparison, the Kobe earthquake that damaged more than 150,000 houses and buildings and that killed 10,000 was of Magnitude 6.9
There were reported numerous aftershocks and they were still strong. There is no stat yet of damaged houses
This is quite heartbreaking. The residents have not fully recovered yet from Yolanda, and here is another destruction. But Mayor Richard Gomez of Ormoc City that may be the suffering is only for the day. (For those whose houses are not damaged but for those whose houses were destroyed.
Hmm, the earthquakes are flirting in Mindanao, Visayas, northern Luzon, and Batangas. Dapat talaga maghanda taga MM. However expers allayed fears because they say that West Valley fault and Leyte portion of Philippine fault are distant and not inter connected.
