The number of people who died as a result of a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.9, which occurred off the west coast of the Pilpon in the Philippines, increased to 61 people. This was reported by The Philippine Daily Inquirer with reference to the local authorities.
According to the US Geological Service (USGS), the earthquake occurred on Monday at 21:59 local time in the vicinity of the western coast of the pilop, near the shores of the Seba Province.
President president president president president president president Filippin Ferdinand Marcos Jr. turned to the population with an appeal to maintain vigilance and cooperate with the local authorities. “I express my condolences to families who have lost loved ones. My prayers with the victims and everyone whom this disaster has affected,” said Marcos.
The eruption of the volcano Taal
The situation complicates the volcano Taal, located about 70 km south of the capital of Manila.
according to Filippinsky. The Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), as a result of the eruption of the column of ash and smoke, rose to a height of 2.5 km and spread northwestern direction.
The head of the Filippin Red Cross, Richard Gordon, said that the earthquake led to the partial destruction of several churches, somewhat evacuated schools.
the Philippines located in the zone of the so -called “Pacific Fire Ring” are one of the most seismically active countries in the world, where earthquakes and eruptions of volcanoes regularly occur.