Quake harms 1, damages bldgs. in Bukidnon, Lanao

Several properties were damaged after a magnitude 6 tectonic earthquake jolted parts of Bukidnon and Lanao del Sur provinces early Wednesday morning.

Initial reports coming from the local governments of Wao in Lanao del Sur and Kalilangan in Bukidnon said residential struc- tures and public buildings were damaged by the tremors that struck at 5:21 a.m. on Wednesday.

One person was reported injured.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) first reported the earthquake’s epicenter in Kalilangan but later changed it to Wao.

Francis Garcia, chief of the Wao Municipal Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO), said in a phone interview Wednesday morning that about 30 houses were damaged in the villages of West Kili-kili, Extension, Poblacion, Serran, Panang and Balatin.

In Panang, two mosques were damaged while a portion of the national highway sustained cracks.

The walls of some buildings at the Kili-kili National High School also cracked due to the quake.

Panang barangay chairman Arsenio Delos Reyes said in an interview that 40-year-old Jorie Sagon was wounded when a hollow block fell on her right foot.

Garcia said the people went back to their homes after the earthquake, except for the families living in four houses made of light materials, who temporarily sought shelter with their relatives.

In Kalilangan, the municipal government building was damaged.

Jennie Tamano, Lanao del Sur provincial information officer, said the quake also caused power outages across the province. Electricity was restored later in the morning.