A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has hit Abra early morning today, Phivolcs quake bulletin reported.
The tectonic earthquake has 17 kilometers depth of focus located west of Tayum, Abra. An intensity of 4 is raised in Quezon City; damage and aftershocks are expected.
EARTHQUAKE UPDATES
(as of July 27, 2022; 8:43 AM):
Reported Intensities:
Intensity VII – Bucloc and Manabo, Abra
Intensity VI – Vigan City, Sinait, Bantay, San Esteban, Ilocos Sur; Laoac, Pangasinan;
Baguio City;
Intensity V – Magsingal and San Juan, Ilocos Sur, Alaminos City and Labrador, Pangasinan;
Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya; Mexico, Pampanga; Concepcion, and Tarlac City, Tarlac;
City of Manila; City of Malabon
Intensity IV – City of Marikina; Quezon City; City of Pasig; City of Valenzuela; City of Tabuk,
Kalinga; Bautista and Malasiqui, Pangasinan; Bayombong and Diadi, Nueva Vizcaya;
Guiguinto, Obando, and San Rafael, Bulacan; San Mateo, Rizal
Intensity III – Bolinao, Pangasinan; Bulakan, Bulacan; Tanay, Rizal
Intensity II – General Trias City, Cavite; Santa Rosa City, Laguna
Source: Phivolcs
Regel Javines owned and managed the Philippine Pundit and had a short stint as a deskman for national and foreign business news at The Manila Times. He has been blogging since 2011 writing news and opinion on various social issues and became a stringer for already defunct Yahoo! Contributor Network and Allvoices.com writing opinion and commentary articles. Regel is also a former employee as a content editor and proofreader in several book publishing companies. He was also the editor-in-chief of The Chronicler, an official student publication of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Taguig Campus, back in college.
