The death toll from a powerful quake that rocked the central Philippines has risen to 26, with 147 others injured, the government’s disaster relief agency said Wednesday.
The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake that struck off the island of Cebu late Tuesday toppled or damaged at least 22 buildings across the central Philippines, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in its latest bulletin.
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