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Oct. 5 Abra quake left P85M damage to infrastructure, says NDRRMC

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The damage to infrastructure inflicted by the magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Abra last Oct. 25 was estimated at close to P85 million, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Tuesday.

The NDRRMC also said about 13,500 houses were likewise damaged by the temblor.

According to the agency, at least 139 people were injured during the tremors, broken down as 38 in the Ilocos Region and 101 in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

There were no reports of fatalities or missing persons due to the earthquake that registered a depth of 16 kilometers, and was several parts of mainland Luzon Island. Authorities said the earthquake triggered liquefaction, landslides, rockfalls, rockslides, and a road cut.

The NDRRMC said 251 infrastructures in Regions 1 and 2, as well as in CAR, were damaged, with an estimated cost of P84.97 million.

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These include health facilities like the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, the Paoay Ruins, the Malacanang of the North, as well as several churches, barangay halls, schools, roads and other government facilities.

Of the 13,446 damaged houses, 434 were totally wrecked.

NDRRMC records showed that only 23 families or 79 people remained in three evacuation centers (one in Region 1, and two in CAR). There are 398 other families or 1,203 people though who remain displaced but are seeking temporary shelter elsewhere.

Close to 115,000 people from Regions 1, 2 and CAR were affected in total by the quake, the NDRRMC said.

The agency also said almost P2.4 million worth of assistance have been provided so far.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded a total of 1,039 aftershocks of the quake ranging from magnitudes 1.3 to 4.8 have already been recorded as of Tuesday morning, with 23 felt.

Last July 27, Abra was also jolted by a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake quake, with the epicenter in Tayum town. It left 11 people dead and 609 others injured.

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