TACLOBAN CITY – A three-story commercial building in Kananga town, Leyte “tumbled down” after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the province on Thursday afternoon. One body was also recovered from the commercial building that housed a grocery, hardware and a pension house. Children rushed out of the school buildings in Tacloban City, Leyte at 4:03 p.m. when the tremor struck. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said the tremor affected its Maasin-Ormoc line located in Barangay Tongonon, Ormoc City, Leyte. Affected were Cebu, Bohol and other provinces in Eastern Visayas –Leyte, Southern Leyte, Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Biliran.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 06, 2017 10:52 UTC