MANILA, July 27 (Reuters) - An earthquake and aftershock
struck islands off the north of the Philippines on Saturday
killing six people and injuring eight, the national disaster
agency said.
An initial quake of magnitude 5.4 was followed shortly by an
aftershock of magnitude 5.9, according to Philippine government
data, in the Batan islands.
The first quake killed five people and injured eight with
one more person killed in the aftershock, Ricardo Jalad,
executive director of the disaster agency, told Reuters.
Some buildings partially collapsed in the tourist islands,
Jalad said.