Substantial damage is being reported in Itbayat municipality after two consecutive earthquakes measuring 5.4 and 5.9 struck the region around 4:16am and 7:30am local time, followed by an aftershock. Amid ongoing large scale rescue operations a third quake measuring 5.7 struck the same area at 09:24am.
LOOK: Houses were damaged following the back-to-back earthquakes in Itbayat, Batanes.
Credit: Steve Labrador, Executive Secretary of Gov. Marilou H. Cayco
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All of the jolts were centered within 15 kilometers of Itbayat. The municipality, which is home to roughly 3,000 people, has suffered a power outage.
WATCH: Situation after a 6.4 magnitude quake shook Itbayat, Batanes at 7:38 am Saturday, about three hours after a 5.4 quake jolted the northernmost municipality, according to @phivolcs_dost.
| Dominic De Sagon Asa
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Residents of Brgy. Sta. Maria in Itbayat, Batanes have gathered at the local plaza after evacuating from respective their homes following the series of tremors that rocked the town earlier this morning.
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Damaged ancestral stone homes in Brgy. Santa Maria after a magnitute 6.4 quake hit Itbayat, Batanes this morning.
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LOOK: Damage caused by magnitude 5.4 earthquake in Itbayat, Batanes earlier this morning.
Photos by Jing Noblejas
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