Authorities in Philippines urged calm after panic gripped citizens over the “looming” possibility of a massive quake even as the nation recovered from a string of earthquakes that caused widespread damage in the recent weeks.
In the past month alone, strong earthquakes rattled several parts of the Philippines, damaging buildings, cutting power, and injuring dozens of people. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck off the Davao Oriental municipality in early October sent residents rushing into the streets and triggered minor landslides, power outages and structural cracks in homes and public buildings.
