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Local time on July 27, 2022, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in Philippines
Overseas Network July 28 According to the CBS and AFP on the 427th, at 8:43 that day, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in the Philippines, causing at least 5 deaths and dozens of injuries. Most of the dead were killed by collapsed buildings.
Renato Solidum, director of the Philippine Volcanic Earthquake Research Institute, believes that the scale of the earthquake is huge and concentrated in a mountainous area in Abra Province. Abra Province security official Michael Brirantes said: "At that time, the ground was shaking like a swing on , and the light suddenly went out. We rushed out of the office and heard all kinds of screams." He also said that this was the strongest earthquake he had ever experienced, "I thought the earth would crack."
Local time on July 27, 2022, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in the Philippines
A Filipino photographer described the "creepy near-death experience " he experienced when the earthquake occurred. While he and his companions were in the car, they suddenly heard a loud thunder sound, and then they saw a huge rock as big as a car rolling down from the mountain. As his companion screamed and "retreat", he raised his camera and pressed the shutter with determination to take the last photo of his life. Fortunately, the vehicle in which the reporter was riding was fast enough and he escaped by chance.
5 of the dead were mostly killed by collapsed buildings. A villager was killed by a fallen cement board at his home, and a worker died after the small building under construction collapsed. A local police officer said hundreds of buildings suffered strong shocks, cracked walls and people ran outside in panic. Some videos released on social media showed cracks on the ground on the local asphalt roads. The officer also said that there was a power outage in the local area and the network was cut off.
CBS analysis said that the Philippines is located along the "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific Ocean, and most earthquakes in the world occur here. The Philippines is hit by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms every year, making it one of the most prone countries in the world. In 1990, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred in northern Philippines, killing nearly 2,000 people. (Overseas Network Wang Shanning)
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