Philippines earthquake: 2 dead, several injured as magnitude 7.3 earthquake shakes capital city

The 7.3 magnitude earthquake was centered around Abra province, a mountainous area in the north.

NewsBharati    27-Jul-2022 13:45:06 PM
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Manila, July 27: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.3 on Richter Scale shook the northern Philippines on Wednesday. The tremors of it were felt across the capital city of Manila.

Manila
 
There were no immediate reports of major damages or casualties due to it. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake was centered around Abra province, a mountainous area in north.
 
 
People ran out of buildings as the ground shook in Manila. The Philippines, which lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity around the Pacific Ocean, is regularly rocked by quakes.

The region is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms every year, making it one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. In 1990, a magnitude 7.7 quake killed nearly 2,000 people in the northern Philippines.
 
 
On Monday, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake shook central Nepal, jolting many out of their sleep and forcing them to run outside.

According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the earthquake of 4.7 magnitude on the Richter scale occurred at 6.07 am, with the epicentre being in Helambu in Sindhupalchowk district, 100 east of Kathmandu.