
A series of earthquakes struck the southern Philippines on the weekend, injuring at least one person and damaging 70 houses, officials said Sunday, according to dpa.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it
recorded more than 20 quakes in the southern province of North Cotabato since Saturday.
The strongest quake, with a magnitude of 5.2 hit near Kidapawan City,
955 kilometres south of Manila, and was felt as far as 45 kilometres
away in Davao City, the institute said.
The most damage was reported in the nearby town of Makilala, where 15
houses were destroyed and 45 sustained damages, the provincial
disaster relief agency said.
A boy was hurt when a house collapsed, the agency added.
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