Size of 6.9 earthquake hits the Coast of the Philippines Seismic news

The earthquake sends people running to the streets, and damage the buildings after hitting the island of Sebo.

The 6.9 earthquake struck the coast in the center of the Philippines, sending people running to the streets and offering energy in some areas.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, adding that it expects both the damage and the Filipino defeats that the earthquake was hit at the sea on Tuesday off the northern end of Sibu Island and near Bugo, a city of more than 90,000 people.

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Institute Urging In CEBU, Leyte and Biliran provinces to stay away from the coast due to a “minor sea level disorder” and asked them “to be in a state of an alert for unusual waves.”

However, there was no tsunami threat after the tremor, said the Tsunami Warning Center in the Pacific Ocean said.

“We still assume the damage,” Pamela Parikotro, CIPO, said in a video posted on social media.

“But it may be worse than we think,” said Barikotro, adding that she is in contact with the president’s office and is asking for help.

No victims were immediately reported by the Philippine authorities.

The Sibu County Government said that a commercial building and a school in Pantayan had collapsed, while a number of village roads were also damaged.

“There can be people trapped under the collapsed buildings,” said Wilson Ramos, a rescue official in the provinces, adding that the number of missing persons is not known.

The American geological service also recorded four 5.0 or higher earthquakes in the area after the first tremor.

“Shock and panic”

The firefighter in Sibu Joy told AFP from the city of San Fernando that he felt the earthquake at his fire station.

“We have seen our wardrobe moving from left to right. We felt a little dizzy for a while, but we are all well,” Lejid said.

Martham Baslan, a 25 -year -old city of Pantaian, said that he was in the city square near the church when the earthquake was struck.

He told AFP: “I heard a loud promoter in the direction of the church. Then I saw the rocks falling from the temple. Fortunately, no one was hurt,” then I saw the rocks falling from the structure. Fortunately, no one was hurt, “

“I was shocking and in a state of panic at the same time, but my body could not move. I was just waiting for stopping.”

The shrine of the Santa Rosa de Lima, a church in Danantayan, a town in Sibu province, said the structure had partially collapsed. The authority also came out in Danantayan.

The Philippines suffer from semi -daily earthquakes, and Strong size 7 An earthquake in July 2022 killed at least five people and wounded 60 others.

In December 2023, another Large earthquake She shook the southern Philippines, killing at least one person and forcing thousands to evacuate.