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Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakes
PHIVOLCS recorded 498 aftershocks following two major quakes near Davao Oriental and Davao del Norte, part of recurring seismic activity along the Philippine Trench.
- PHIVOLCS recorded a magnitude 7.4 quake near Manay at 9:43 a.m. and a magnitude 6.8 quake at 7:12 p.m. on Friday, which it called a doublet.
- Movement along the Philippine Trench prompted both quakes, and PHIVOLCS noted similar doublets on May 17, 1992, and December 2, 2023.
- Philippine authorities reported at least eight killed as PHIVOLCS recorded more than 300 aftershocks and 498 as of 9 p.m., with over 200 patients moved to tents outside Manay government hospital.
- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered relief operations, and Presidential Communications Office secretary Dave Gomez said `The President's paramount concern is the safety and well-being of our people in the earthquake struck areas`, with some 1.8 million people sheltering outdoors.
- The archipelago sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," which PHIVOLCS said has a history of deadly quakes, including the 1976 Mindanao 8.0 disaster, and is still recovering from the September 30, 2025 magnitude 6.9 Cebu quake.
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AlKhaleej TodayPicking up the pieces: Philippines residents start rebuilding lives after deadly quakes
MANAY, Oct 11 — Dazed survivors of a pair of major earthquakes in the southern Philippines awoke on Saturday to scenes of devastation, after hundreds of aftershocks rocked the region overnight.Many coastal residents of Mindanao Island had slept outdoors, fearful of being crushed to death by aftershocks of the 7.4- and 6.7-magnitude quakes that struck off the coast within hours of each other on Friday.Philippine authorities said at least eight pe…
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