Tremblor: A 6.8 earthquake jolts Philippines
New Delhi: A strong earthquake measuring a magnitude intensity of 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted the Manila district of Philippines during the early hours of Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) took to Twitter and shared a seismograph highlighting the affected regions.
“Earthquake of Magnitude 6.8 occurred on July 27, 2022, at 06:13:25 IST on latitude 17.62 and longitude 120.82 with a depth of 10km located 336 km North of Manila, Philippines,” the NCS tweeted.
Though no casualties or major damages were reported initially, the Associated Press later confirmed the death of at least two people in the quake which set off small landslides and damaged buildings and churches.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said several aftershocks have followed the quake. The region lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of intense seismic activity around the Pacific Ocean which is regularly jolted by quakes.
(Avya Mathur)
