NDRRMC counts 14 dead from quakes

The twin earthquakes displaced 6,009 families which is equivalent to 30,045 people residing in 72 barangays in Davao Region and Soccsksargen. #earthquake #DavaodelSurquake

A damage condominium in Kidapawan, North Cotabato. (120.9 SFMK)

MANILA — Around 14 people have been killed so far in the magnitude 6.6 and 6.5 earthquakes that rocked Tulunan, North Cotabato and other nearby provinces on Tuesday and Thursday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has confirmed .

NDRRMC executive director Ricardo Jalad also reported that around 403 people were reported injured while two others were missing.

All of the fatalities, injured and missing were reported in Northern Mindanao, Davao Region and Soccsksargen and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the NDRRMC reported.

Those who died after getting hit by debris during the magnitude 6.6 earthquake, according to the agency, were Jessie Riel Parba, 15, a resident of Purok 3 Pakigdait, Magsaysay, Davao del Sur Parba; Nestor Narciso, 66, and Renee Corpuz Andy, 7, both of Barangay Zone 1 Bagong Sikat, Koronadal City, South Cotabato; Marichelle Morla, 23, a resident of Sitio Alimodian, Barangay Banayal, Tulunan, North Cotabato; and Patricio Lumayon, 65, of Barangay Luayon, Makilala, Cotabato,

Benita B. Saban, residing at Sitio Upper Asbang-elok, Barangay Tagaytay, Magsaysay, Davao del Sur, was killed by landslide while Samuel Linao Andy, 44, of Sitio Kitao, Barangay Lanao Kuran, Arakan, Cotabato, was killed by a rockslide.

Romulo Naraga of Barangay Altavista, Bansalan, Davao del Sur, Pao Zailon Abdulah, 64, a native of Barangay Kibayao, Carmen, North Cotabato, and Isidro Gomez, 63, of Purok 3, Barangay Pagasa, M’lang, Cotabato, died of cardiac arrest.

Killed by falling debris during the 6.5 magnitude earthquake were Cesar Bangot, chief of Batasan village, Makilala, Cotabato; Juve Gabriel Jauod, 7, of Barangay Nueva Vida, M’lang, Cotabato, who also died after being hit by falling debris caused by the same magnitude 6.5 earthquake;

Completing the list of deaths were Rommel Galicia, 20, a resident of Barangay Luayon, Barangay Makilala, and Precilla Verona, 70, of Barangay San Isidro, also of Makilala, Cotabato, who also succumbed to the effects of Thursday’s tremors.

The number of families displaced by the twin earthquakes was 6,009 which is equivalent to 30,045 people residing in 72 barangays in Davao Region and Soccsksargen. Of these figures, 2,552 families or 12,760 individuals are now being sheltered in 19 evacuation centers while 1,370 families equivalent to 6,850 persons are being aided outside.

Meanwhile, a total of 2,817 infrastructures were reported damaged in Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region, Soccsksargen and the BARMM.