Two earthquakes in the Philippines caused significant damage and loss of life. A 2013 magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Bohol and Cebu killed 222 people, injured over 1,000, and damaged over 73,000 structures, destroying more than 17,500. A 2012 magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Negros Oriental hardest hit the towns of Taasan, Jimbalad, La Libertad, and the city of Guihulngan, collapsing and damaging many houses and buildings and triggering landslides that buried homes and residents.
Two earthquakes in the Philippines caused significant damage and loss of life. A 2013 magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Bohol and Cebu killed 222 people, injured over 1,000, and damaged over 73,000 structures, destroying more than 17,500. A 2012 magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Negros Oriental hardest hit the towns of Taasan, Jimbalad, La Libertad, and the city of Guihulngan, collapsing and damaging many houses and buildings and triggering landslides that buried homes and residents.
Two earthquakes in the Philippines caused significant damage and loss of life. A 2013 magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Bohol and Cebu killed 222 people, injured over 1,000, and damaged over 73,000 structures, destroying more than 17,500. A 2012 magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Negros Oriental hardest hit the towns of Taasan, Jimbalad, La Libertad, and the city of Guihulngan, collapsing and damaging many houses and buildings and triggering landslides that buried homes and residents.
When: October 15, 2013 Magnitude of the Earthquake: 7.2 What happened to the People and Environment? According to official reports b the !ational "isaster #is$ #eduction and %anage&ent Council '!"##%C(, 222 )ere reported dead, * )ere &issing, and +7, people )ere in-ured. .n all, &ore than 73,000 structures )ere da&aged, of )hich &ore than 1/,500 )ere totall destroed. Reference: http:00en.)i$ipedia.org0)i$i020131Bohol1earth2ua$e Where: !egros Oriental When: 3ebruar ,, 2012 Magnitude of the Earthequake: ,.7 What happened to the People and Environment? 4he degree and e5tent of da&age caused b the earth2ua$e )ere significant, )ith &ost of the da&age sustained during the initial earth2ua$e. 4he hardest hits )ere the to)ns of 4aasan, 6i&alalud, 7a 7ibertad, and the cit of 8uihulngan, in !egros Oriental. 9e:eral houses and buildings collapsed, )hile others sustained da&ages. 4he earth2ua$e also triggered nu&erous landslides )hich buried houses and people. Reference: http:00en.)i$ipedia.org0)i$i020121;isaas1earth2ua$e