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UPDATE 1-Eight killed in quake, aftershocks in Philippines, 60 injured - agency

Published 07/27/2019, 10:56 AM
Updated 07/27/2019, 11:00 AM
UPDATE 1-Eight killed in quake, aftershocks in Philippines, 60 injured - agency

* Quake brings down some buildings
* Several stronger aftershocks hit northern islands
* Rescue, medical teams being deployed

(Adds details, background, residents' comments)
By Neil Jerome Morales
MANILA, July 27 (Reuters) - An earthquake and aftershocks
struck islands off the north of the Philippines on Saturday
killing eight people and injuring 60, disaster officials said.
An initial quake of magnitude 5.4 that struck the Batanes
islands was followed shortly by an aftershock of magnitude 5.9,
according to Philippine government data. Another big aftershock
struck a little later.
The first quake killed five people while three people were
killed in aftershocks, Ricardo Jalad, executive director of the
disaster agency, told Reuters.
"It's traumatic ... we're still feel strong aftershocks,"
Edna Gato, a school teacher in Itbayat town, told Reuters.
The national disaster agency said it was sending medical and
rescue teams to the islands, about half way between the main
Philippine island of Luzon and Taiwan.
The military was also deploying an aircraft to send supplies
and bring out injured, he said.
Gato said she was standing outside in an open space with
more than 1,000 people.
"New houses were damaged and the old houses which we were
preserving were completely destroyed," she said, referring to
traditional stone homes.
The Philippines is on the geologically active Pacific Ring
of Fire and experiences frequent earthquakes.



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