Manila-Sana
Philippine officials said six people were killed and others injured in an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale that hit areas of the south of the country today.
"A young man was killed when a wall collapsed when he was trying to flee his school, a number of students were injured in a stampede as they attempted to flee the building and a number of buildings were damaged in an area that is still suffering," a spokesman for Magsaysay Municipality said. From the effects of an earlier earthquake two weeks ago. ”
According to local authorities in the town of Koronadal, a wall collapsed, killing an elderly 66-year-old, while rocks and landslides killed four others, while at least 50 people were injured by the fall of the rubble, including seven students and teachers were injured while fleeing their school.
Earlier reports said one person was killed and several others were injured in the earthquake, which also caused panic on the people who took to the streets and shook many buildings on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
The area is still suffering from the effects of a magnitude 6.4 earthquake two weeks ago, which killed at least five people and damaged dozens of buildings.
The Philippines is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismically active region that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin.
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