At least six people are killed and more than 120 are injured as a magnitude 6.7 earthquake shakes the southern Philippines

Saturday, February 11, 2017
By Paul Martin

A strong nighttime earthquake in the southern Philippines has killed at least six people and injured around 120
The quake, which reached 6.7 on the Richter scale, destroyed buildings, roads, bridges and an airport runway
The quake’s epicenter was centered about 8 miles of Surigao, the capital of the Surigao del Norte province
TV footage showed army troops and other rescuers pulling out the body of a man from the concrete rubble

By SIMON HOLMES
DailyMail.com
11 February 2017

A powerful nighttime earthquake in the southern Philippines has killed at least six people and injured more than 120.

The quake, which reached 6.7 on the Richter scale, rattled 11 towns destroying a number of buildings, roads, bridges and an airport runway in the Surigao del Norte province, on the island of Mindanao, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes.

The quake’s epicenter has been pinpointed to about 8 miles northwest of the provincial capital of Surigao at a relatively shallow depth of 6 miles, said Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology.

Nearly 100 aftershocks have been felt, officials said. Evacuation centers accommodated wary residents overnight, but many returned home Saturday, Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said, adding that officials were continuing to assess the damage in Surigao and outlying towns.

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