The Marcos administration is taking initiatives to protect public buildings against earthquakes in Metro Manila, an official said on Wednesday.

This was announced by Climate Change Commission vice chairperson and executive director Robert Borje following a 5.3 magnitude earthquake rocked Camarines Norte and other parts of Luzon on Wednesday.

"The government is doing all that it can to be prepared for this type of earthquake and other disasters and I think the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council is working very hard together with Office of Civil Defense and the members of the NDRRMC to ensure that we are all prepared," Borje told the media.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 19 kilometers northeast of Tinaga Island, Vinzons, Camarines Norte at 1:05 p.m.

Several studies, he said, have found the need to "be more prepared." especially in the path of the West Valley Fault, a 100-kilometer fault that runs through six cities in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.
Meantime, the local government of Manila has ordered the inspection of infrastructures in the city following the Wednesday jolt.

Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna — through her spokesperson Atty. Princes Abante — said that she has directed the city's Engineering Office to inspect structures such as schools, housing projects, hospitals and the old Manila City Hall.