Calabarzon on red alert following Batangas quake

THE Calabarzon Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (RDRRMC) unit declared Sunday a red alert status
to ensure immediate response should there be another series of aftershocks in the region following the magnitude 6
earthquake that shook the province of Batangas on April 8.

"RDRRMC Calabarzon (Region 4-A) is on red alert status. Response teams, needs and equipment are prepositioned in
Mabini, Batangas to ensure immediate response," said Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, director of the National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).

For its part, the NDRRMC also raised the status of its operation center to blue alert, which means half of their personnel is
on standby for possible response operation.

Two earthquakes -- a magnitude 5.6 and 6 – struck Batangas at 3:07 p.m. and 3:09 p.m., respectively.

The earthquake was also felt in several parts of National Capital Region, as well as in Bulacan and Pampanga.

The NDRRMC said at least 20 houses were reportedly damaged in Batangas.

The disaster council said intermittent power supply is being experienced in San Pascual, Mabini, Lipa, Lian, Tuy,
Balayan, Calaca and Lemery in Batangas, while outages were experienced in other nearby areas but were also
immediately restored.
 6.9 magnitude earthquake jolts Philippines, small tsunami possible

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially said "hazardous tsunami waves" were
possible within 300 km (186 miles) of the epicentre along the coasts of Indonesia and the
Philippines.
n earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on
Saturday and small tsunami waves were possible on parts of the coasts of the Philippines,
Indonesia and Palau, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, from the earthquake, which the US
Geological Survey (USGS) said struck 193 km (120 miles) east of the Philippine city of General
Santos, at a depth of 60 km (37 miles).
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially said "hazardous tsunami waves" were possible
within 300 km (186 miles) of the epicentre along the coasts of Indonesia and the Philippines.