{"id":89192,"date":"2017-02-13T15:27:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T20:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=89192"},"modified":"2017-02-13T15:27:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T20:27:25","slug":"surigao-quake-aftershocks-can-still-trigger-landslides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/13\/surigao-quake-aftershocks-can-still-trigger-landslides\/","title":{"rendered":"Surigao quake aftershocks can still trigger landslides"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Potentially deadly landslides are still possible from aftershocks of last week’s magnitude 6.7 earthquake off Surigao del Norte province. (Photo: MindaVote\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014Potentially deadly landslides are still possible from aftershocks of last week’s magnitude 6.7 earthquake off Surigao del Norte province.<\/p>\n

“Aftershocks that are strong enough can trigger such landslides there,” said geologist Bryan Marfito from State-run Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).<\/p>\n

He said Surigao del Norte’s western portion is susceptible to landslides due to its hilly terrain so communities there must prepare accordingly.<\/p>\n

“Slope stability there is low unlike in Surigao del Norte’s central and eastern portions which are mainly lowlands,” he noted.<\/p>\n

West-lying San Francisco and Malimono municipalities are among the province’s most landslide-prone areas, he said.<\/p>\n

Landslides can also occur in Surigao del Sur province if the aftershocks are strong enough and near that area, Marfito continued.<\/p>\n

“Heavy rainfall can likewise trigger landslides in Surigao,” he said.<\/p>\n

Marfito said Phivolcs hasn’t yet received reports of landslides directly triggered by the 10:03 p.m. earthquake off Surigao del Norte last Friday (Feb. 10).<\/p>\n

He, however, noted that communities in Surigao del Norte must still be alert to possible landslides as Phivolcs monitoring so far shows the earthquake’s aftershocks are still concentrated in this province.<\/p>\n

“Avoid elevated areas as much as possible,” he urged people there.<\/p>\n

Phivolcs reported already monitoring, as of 9 a.m. Monday (Feb. 13), 151 aftershocks from the Surigao earthquake.<\/p>\n

Six of those aftershocks were reported felt, said Phivolcs science research analyst Wilmer Legaspi.<\/p>\n

He noted some of the aftershocks occurred at depths deeper than the 11 kms Phivolcs reported for Friday’s earthquake.<\/p>\n

Several aftershocks were also moderately strong as these ranged from magnitude 4.0 to 4.9, Phivolcs data show.<\/p>\n

In its latest available situation report this week, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Friday’s earthquake affected almost 5,200 people in Surigao del Norte.<\/p>\n

Eight persons were reported dead due to that earthquake while 202 people sustained injuries, noted NDRRMC.<\/p>\n

NDRRMC also said the earthquake damaged school facilities, an airport runway, a hospital, roads, bridges and around 1,034 houses in Surigao del Norte.<\/p>\n

San Francisco, Malimono and other municipalities in Surigao del Norte experienced total blackout and water service interruptions due to the earthquake, NDRRMC further reported.<\/p>\n

Authorities already placed Surigao del Norte’s capital Surigao City under a state of calamity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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