A strong undersea earthquake has shaken the southern Philippines, inflicting ceilings in buying malls to plunge to the bottom as customers screamed
ByThe Related Press
November 17, 2023, 3:58 AM
A safety guard walks beside the broken ceiling of a shopping center in Common Santos Metropolis, South Cotabato, southern Philippines on Friday Nov. 17, 2023. A strong undersea earthquake has shaken the southern Philippines. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake measured magnitude 6.7 and was positioned 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Burias on the southern tip of the Philippines. (AP Picture/Shaira Ann Sandigan)
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MANILA, Philippines — A strong undersea earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Friday, inflicting ceilings in buying malls to plunge to the bottom as customers screamed. No tsunami warning was in impact.
The Workplace of Civil Protection mentioned it was investigating a report of 1 dying.
Gregorio Narajos, 34, was on the brink of eat on the SM Metropolis Common Santos mall when the quake hit Friday afternoon.
“We went beneath the desk, we will not do any factor else,” he advised The Related Press. “Individuals began working downstairs. We had been scared as a result of there could be a stampede, then the lights when off, the earthquake was so sturdy. Individuals had been screaming and shouting, ‘Oh my God!’ We simply began praying.”
The magnitude 6.7 quake was positioned 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Burias on the southern tip of the Philippines, the USA Geological Survey mentioned. It was centered at a depth of 78 kilometers (48 miles), it mentioned.
Movies posted on social media confirmed ceilings falling at two massive malls as pillars swayed and folks cowered and shouted in concern. The SM Metropolis Common Santos mall and Robinsons GenSan mall introduced momentary closures. There have been no stories of accidents there. Photographs additionally confirmed a collapsed roof at a faculty.
The presidential palace mentioned President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. instructed authorities companies to make sure the protection and well-being of everybody affected by the quake.
The Philippines experiences common earthquakes and volcanic eruptions attributable to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fireplace,” an arc of seismic faults across the ocean.
