German Research Centre for Geosciences informed that, ‘A magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolted Philippines on Saturday”.
According to GFZ, “The quake was 10 km (6 miles) deep”. The Philippine seismology agency had a different reading as it stated that, “it was a magnitude 5.9 earthquake with a depth of 27 km (16.8 miles)”.
The Philippine Agency also stated in a bulletin that it was expecting no damage but there are chances of aftershocks.
Authorities said, “Rescue workers who were searching for dozens of missing people in landslide in Maco town in the southern Philipines province of Davao de Oro had to stop their operations”.
The death toll from the landslide outside a gold mining site, which happened on Tuesday night, has reached 28, with 77 still missing and 32 injured, including a 3-year-old girl rescued on Friday after 60 hours under rubble.
Torrential rains have thrashed in recent weeks, triggering floods and lanslides.
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