Magnitude 6.6 quake hits Mindanao anew

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 03:00:30 +0000

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Mindanao anew Tuesday morning, almost two weeks after a 6.3-magnitude tremor jolted the region.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) estimated the origin of the 6.6-magnitude earthquake at 25 kilometers southeast of Tulunan, Cotabato, near the epicenter of the 6.3 magnitude quake last October 17.

The tremor had a shallow depth of only 8 km, it said.

In Davao City, Mayor Sara Duterte has ordered a suspension of classes in public and private schools from kindergarten to post-graduate studies after the strong earthquake shook some parts of Mindanao.

Duterte said in a statement that the strong quake might have caused structural and electrical damage to buildings and houses.

She directed the schools to check the structures within their campuses to see if there had been buildings damaged due to earthquake.

“All school owners, teachers, and other school personnel are hereby instructed to subject school structures to a safety inspection with a qualified engineer immediately,” Duterte said.

She told the schools to immediately condemn the facilities and prevent the students from using them should they find any building defects that are dangerous and need repair.

She said suspension of classes on Wednesday would be on a case-to-case basis and would depend on the individual schools if need be

According to Phivolcs, the epicenter of the strong quake was observed at 26 kilometers n
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