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Dead and wounded… 800 aftershocks hit the Philippines within 24 hours
Declare recorded about (824) aftershocks within (24) hours.
This followed the two strong earthquakes that struck the in the south of the country yesterday, Friday, their magnitude reached (7.4) and (6.8) on the Richter scale.
Earthquakes in the Philippines
The director of the institute, Teresito Bakulkol, explained that the strongest recorded a magnitude of (5.8) degrees.
The strength of six other tremors exceeded (5) degrees, indicating that all of them were concentrated in the same area.
The number of victims of the two earthquakes rose to (7) dead and more than (300) injured, while more than (200) thousand people were affected by the two earthquakes. They occurred off Manai City in Davao Oriental Province, about 1,000 kilometers south of Manila.
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