The “Ring of Fire” is the ominous
nickname for the area in the Pacific Ocean basin wherein the boundaries of
several major tectonic plates are located. This general area, filled with
fault-lines and volcanoes, is almost continuously beset by volcanic eruptions,
earthquakes, and tsunamis. Among the nations located in the Ring of Fire and
thus a big target of those calamities is the archipelago country of the
Philippines, and it has had its own share of trials and tribulations from being
in this disaster-prone location. In the 1990’s a killer quake and a volcano
eruption visited devastation upon the country, with occasional big tremors over
the years following. Now another powerful earthquake has visited the
Philippines in an area that hasn’t quite felt it before.
CNN Philippines reports that on the evening of Friday February 10, a
6.7 magnitude temblor hit Surigao City and its surrounding area in the Caraga
Region located at northeastern Mindanao. In addition to serious structural and
property damage, eight people were killed in the quake and 202 wounded
according the latest count. According to spokesperson Mina Marasigan of the
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, they have been able to
confirm the identities of four of the fatalities and are waiting on the
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for information on the other
four. This however conflicts with the official bulletin released Monday
February 13 by Surigao Del Norte Governor Sol Matugas, who counted only six
killed in his capital city.
With regards to infrastructural
damage, Marasigan reports that the tremors left 1,034 residential buildings
damaged, with 155 of them total losses. Surigao City’s domestic airport had its
runway partially ruined and will be inoperable up until March. Initial
estimates of the cost of the devastation is somewhere around 108.45 million
Pesos (roughly $2.17 million). Saturday February 11 saw a state of calamity
being officially declared in Surigao City, with the NDRRMC remaining alert on
the area due to a large frequency of aftershocks. By Monday 152 individual
aftershocks have been recorded following the main earthquake by the Philippine
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).
Despite the temblor knocking out
power to the city, emergency services were quick to respond and report that of
Surigao City’s 211 barangays, 195 have electricity once more, followed by a
majority of the province of Surigao Del Norte itself. Furthermore, the city’s
water supply is back to 90 percent service, after damage to two main pipes has
been repaired. However, Governor Matugas announced that the city needs building
materials and potable water for areas where service has not been restored, a
call echoed by the NDRRMC.
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