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Four fatalities have been reported in Batanes Province's Itbayat town following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake that struck the country's northernmost community at 4:16 a.m. on Saturday (July 27), according to various sources. Volunteers have been digging throu4 dead, 19 hurt in Batanes quake
Four fatalities have been reported in Batanes Province's Itbayat town following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake that struck the country's northernmost community at 4:16 a.m. on Saturday (July 27), according to various sources. Volunteers have been digging through rubble left when the temblor destroyed houses at dawn, and have retrieved four bodies, according to Josefa Ponce, secretary of the Itbayat municipal council. Itbayat District hospital staff identified the fatalities as Emma, Mary Rose and toddler Leona, all surnamed Valiente, who were buried when their old house collapsed in Barangay Sta. Maria (also known as Marapuy). The fourth fatality is being retrieved at Barangay Rael...Keep on reading: 4 dead, 19 hurt in Batanes quake Read more











