A 6.6-magnitude earthquake shook the central Philippines on Tuesday, sending residents fleeing their homes and damaging buildings and roads, with at least one person killed.
The shallow quake struck southeast of Masbate Island in the Bicol region at 8:03 am , the US Geological Survey said.
Police confirmed the man's death. So far there have no other reports of casualties but search and rescue efforts are still under way. In Masbate's Palanas town, police chief Captain Alvin Guerina told AFP that several patients, including a pregnant woman about to go into labour, were evacuated from a hospital as a precaution in case of aftershocks.
Philippine Red Cross chairman Richard Gordon tweeted photos taken by his colleagues showing buildings in Cataingan with corrugated iron roofs fallen in.The quake was felt hundreds of kilometres away.
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