38 hurt in Ilocos Norte after magnitude 6.4 quake

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LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte — The 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Luzon late Tuesday night, Oct. 25, left at least 38 persons injured in Ilocos Norte.

Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc said in a statement that two of the 38 were seriously injured and being treated at the Governor Roque B. Ablan Sr. Memorial Hospital in this city.

In a separate statement, Laoag City Mayor Michael Marcos Keon said construction workers of a government project at the city center suffered minor injuries Tuesday night.

Scores of residential homes were also damaged by the major temblor, with at least 55 houses damaged and one destroyed, according to the initial assessment report of the provincial disaster risk reduction and management council.

Ilocos Norte is under a state of calamity as it is yet to recover from the effects of Typhoon Neneng (international name: Nesat) that hit the province on Oct. 16.

Manotoc said he would urge the provincial board to declare another state of calamity due to the earthquake.

“I asked the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to also declare another state of calamity for it to be clear because this is a different calamity even though we are still in a state of calamity from Neneng and [typhoon] Obet. It should be clear that this other state of calamity is because of the earthquake,” he said.

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