Quake Solomon Island & Philippine magnitude of 5.7
Philippine official said an
earthquake in the region has injured at least 9 people, set off a
landslide and damaged more than 30 houses in a southern province.
A 5.5-magnitude quake struck in a remote area off the Solomon Islands on Sunday.
Governor Emmylou Talino-Mendoza of North Cotabato
province said that the quake, which struck late on Saturday with a
magnitude of 5.7, also cracked roads, damaged the approach to a bridge
and damaged water supply pipes in two farming villages in Carmen town in
her province.
Mendoza says the quake damaged a school in the village of Kimadzil,
adding residents remained jittery because of continuing aftershocks.
The Philippine archipelago is located in the Pacific 'Ring of Fire',
where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common.
A magnitude-7.7 quake killed nearly 2,000 people on the northern island of Luzon in 1990.
The
US Geological Survey said the tremor, at a depth of 70 kilometres (43
miles), struck in the Solomon Sea at 3:32 am local time (17:32 GMT
today) about 84 kilometres southwest of Chirovanga.
The
USGS PAGER (Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response)
issued a green alert level projecting a very low risk of casualties or
economic losses.
In February the remote town of Lata
was hit by a devastating tsunami after a 8.0-magnitude earthquake. The
tsunami left at least 10 people dead, destroyed hundreds of homes and
left thousands of people homeless.
The
Solomons are part of the 'Ring of Fire', a zone of tectonic activity
around the Pacific that is subject to frequent earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions. In 2007 a tsunami following an 8.0-magnitude earthquake
killed at least 52 people in the Solomons and left thousands homeless.
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