DAVAO CITY – One person was killed and four were injured in Davao region in the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that rocked a wide swath of Mindanao on Saturday night, December 2.
OFFICIALS inspect an infrastructure in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur damaged by the magnitude-7.4 earthquake on Saturday night, December 2. (OCD-Caraga)
Karlo Alexie C. Puerto, information officer of the Office of the Civil Defense-Davao, said in a report on Sunday, December 3, that the casualty was a resident of Tagum City and the injured were from Davao del Norte and Davao de Oro.
Puerto said two individuals passed out in Hagonoy, Davao del Sur during the 10:37 p.m. tremor with epicenter in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur.
He said at least 1,820 individuals in Barangay Central, 392 in Barangay Matiao, 135 in Barangay Dahican, and 300 in Barangay Sainz in Mati City, Davao Oriental were pre-emptively evacuated due to a tsunami warning issued by the Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) following the temblor.
The tsunami warning was lifted hours later.
He said that as of 5 a.m. on Sunday, all families who fled the earthquake have returned to their homes.
The Saturday earthquake occurred two weeks after a magnitude-6.8 tremor with epicenter in Sarangani, Davao Occidental jolted Mindanao on November 17.
Philvolcs reported 765 aftershocks from the Saturday temblor with magnitudes ranging from of 1.4 to 6.2 as of noon on Sunday.
The quake was felt at Intensity VI in Maco and Monkayo, Davao de Oro; Intensity V in Nabunturan in Davao de Oro, Tagum City in Davao del Norte, and Davao City; Intensity IV in Digos City and Magsaysay in Davao del Sur; Intensity III in Santa Cruz in Davao del Sur and Don Marcelino and Jose Abad Santos in Davao Occidental; and Intensity II in Matanao, Davao del Sur.
Puerto said several structures sustained minor damages from the earthquake, including a 7/11 store in Mawab, a convenience store in Nabunturan, one provincial bridge in New Corella, and the Tagum City Hall in Davao del Norte.
He said that one house was totally damaged house, one partially damaged, and one partially damaged regional evacuation center in Boston, Davao Oriental.
In this city, Puerto said one lane of the Bolton Bridge was partially damaged, although the other lane remains passable to light vehicles.
He said all other national roads and bridges are all passable and had no reported damages.
Puerto said that Davao del Norte suspended classes and work in both public and private on Monday, December 4, until further notice.
He added that parts of Davao City, Davao de Oro, and Davao Oriental experienced power outages shortly after the quake.
Power lines were immediately restored, Puerto said.