Damage due to Leyte quake costs P51 million, NDRRMC says

The three-story New Town commercial building in Kananga town, Leyte, collapsed after a strong tremor hit the province on Thursday afternoon, July 6, 2017. (Contributed photo)

Damage to properties from the 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Leyte has reached P51 million, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

In its latest update on Sunday night, the recorded damage was a total of P51,786,698.20.

The earthquake left two killed and 329 injured.

Fourteen road sections and 10 bridges in the provinces of Biliran, Leyte and Southern Leyte were damaged to the quake. But all are still passable, the NDRRMC said.

Aftershocks continued to be felt as of Monday, four days after the first tremor last Thursday.

One of the strongest aftershocks was a 5.4 magnitude quake in Leyte at 9:41 a.m., which was also felt in Cebu, Negros Oriental and Bohol, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. Frances Mangosing/JE/rga