Philippines says at least 6 killed in Nov 17 earthquake
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The offshore quake struck off Mindanao island on Nov 17 afternoon at a depth of 60km.
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MANILA – The death toll from a magnitude-6.7 earthquake
The offshore quake struck off Mindanao island on the afternoon of Nov 17 at a depth of 60km, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.
Mr Agripino Dacera, disaster office chief of General Santos City in the province of South Cotabato, told Reuters that three people had been reported dead there.
A man and his wife died when a concrete wall collapsed on them, while another woman was killed in a shopping mall, Mr Dacera said.
Near the epicentre in Sarangani province, at least two people died, while rescuers are searching for two others missing after there was a landslide, a disaster response official in the coastal town of Glan said.
In Davao Occidental province, a 78-year-old man died after being crushed by a rock, Mr Franz Irag, civil defence officer in the Davao region, told DWPM radio.
Power supply has been restored, and most roads are passable, disaster officials said, adding that reports were mostly of minor damage to homes and buildings.
The Philippines lies within the Pacific Ring of Fire, where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common. REUTERS
