Several dead after magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Philippines

Published Apr 22, 2019

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Manila - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake

struck the Philippines main island of Luzon on Monday and

several people were killed in collapsed buildings, media

reported.

The quake struck 60 km (37 miles) northwest of the capital,

Manila, at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), the U.S Geological

Survey (USGS).

The governor of Pampanga province told a radio station that

several people had been killed. Media reported some structures

had collapsed and the Clark International Airport, a former U.S.

military base, had suffered some damage and had closed.

Tall buildings swayed in Manila's main business district and

some people evacuated their offices.

The Philippines is on the seismically active Pacific "Ring

of Fire", a horse-shoe shaped band of volcanoes and fault lines

circling the edges of the Pacific Ocean.

Reuters

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