A total of 1,248 people were preemptively evacuated in Ilocos region due to the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Abra on Wednesday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Thursday.
In a 1 a.m. situational report, the NDRRMC added that 18 people were reported injured in Ilocos and Cagayan regions.
About 17 infrastructures were reported damaged in Ilocos, Cagayan, and Metro Manila. The damage in Ilocos was estimated at P33,800.Also, the NDRRMC reported that two roads are still not passable in Ilocos and Cagayan. Five roads and five bridges previously reported as not passable are now passable.Around 20 classes and 54 work schedules were suspended in Ilocos due to the earthquake.
So far, Ilocos Sur has recorded only one fatality, an 88-year-old woman, Chan said. Twenty-five people were hurt. The quake occurred at 8:43 a.m. on Wednesday and was located at 17.64°N, 120.63°E - 003 km N 45° W of Tayum in Abra and had a depth of 17 kilometers, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
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