Hospital patients take shelter in a pedestrian-waiting shed for safety after a 6 .5-magnitude earthquake struck overnight in Surigao City, in southern island of Mindanao, on Saturday. | Photo Credit: AFPmore-inA powerful nighttime earthquake in the southern Philippines killed at least 15 people, injured about 90 others, damaged buildings and an airport and knocked out power, officials said on Saturday. The late Friday quake with a magnitude of 6.5 roused residents from sleep in Surigao del Norte province, sending hundreds to flee their homes. At least 90 others were injured in Surigao city, about 700 km southeast of Manila. A magnitude 7.7 quake killed nearly 2,000 people on the northern island of Luzon in 1990.

Source: The Hindu February 11, 2017 03:45 UTC