4 dead, 20 injured after quake in Mindanao
Credit to Author: DEMPSEY REYES| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 01:45:28 +0000
MARAWI CITY: Four people died following a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that rocked parts of Mindanao Wednesday night.
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) spokesman Mark Timbal on Thursday confirmed that two of the fatalities were from Magsaysay, Davao del Sur.
Timbal said the unidentified victims died from a landslide that hit the town following the tremor.
The NDRRMC also recorded 18 injured in the area.
In Tulunan, North Cotabato, an unidentified child died while two others were hurt after the earthquake.
Tulunan Mayor Reuel Limbungan reported that the child from Datu Paglas in Maguindanao was declared dead on arrival at a hospital in the town.
In M’lang, Cotabato, a certain Tony Panangulon died because of heart attack following the quake.
Panangulon, who was reported in his 40s, was rushed to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival, Vice Mayor Joselito Piñol of M’lang town confirmed.
The earthquake, tectonic in origin, struck at 7:37 p.m. on Wednesday. Its epicenter is in North Cotabato and had a depth of 2 kilometers.
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