Marcos back in quake-hit Mindanao, visits Sarangani evacuees

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. returned to quake-affected areas in Region 12 or Soccsksargen for the second time on Monday, less than a week after a powerful tremor jolted the area on June 8.

Marcos arrived at the airport here on Monday morning and proceeded to Glan, the worst-quake-hit town in Sarangani province. He went via helicopter to conduct an aerial inspection and visit evacuees.

The President visited this city last Wednesday, two days after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake also rocked the area.

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In its June 15 press briefer, the Office of Civil Defense -12 said the earthquake killed 57 individuals, injured 1,367, with 17 still missing.

The quake displaced 21,263 families or 85,915 individuals, of which 7,028 families or 29,161 individuals are staying in 39 evacuation centers, OCD-12 said.

The powerful earthquake has an offshore epicenter located 32 kilometers west of Maasim, Sarangani. It had an estimated depth of 33 kilometers, which was triggered by the subduction or collision of tectonic plates along the Cotabato Trench, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said./coa

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