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Pasil records 114 houses damaged by Luzon earthquake

  • Writer: Pasil LGU
    Pasil LGU
  • Jul 28, 2022
  • 2 min read

Pasil LGU Pasil, Kalinga – The 7-magnitude tremor that jolted Luzon on Wednesday morning, July 27, damaged 114 residential houses in the municipality of Pasil, Kalinga.


Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council headed by Mayor Alfredo “Chao-ig” Malannag Jr. reported that 112 houses were partially damaged while two were totally wrecked.

The data provided by the council is as of Thursday morning, noting that the figure is subject to further validation.


MDRRMC reported some 1,438 of the total 1,520 affected individuals were safely brought to the evacuation centers. The 82 others were evacuated outside the centers.


Road damages


According to the council, an estimated P317,520 is needed for restoration of damaged roads including Amdalao-Malucsad-Magsilay-Limo-od Road, Abra-Kalinga Road, Amdalao-Guina-ang Road, and Lubuagan-Batong Buhay National Road Junction to Puapo Dangtalan.


All said roads except Amdalao-Malucsad-Magsilay-Limo-od Road are unpassable as of press time due to landslides.


Clearing operations were temporarily suspended due to aftershocks.

The quake’s effects on infrastructure


Waterworks systems in Barangays Guina-ang and Malucsad are not operational due to damaged pipelines.


Meantime, a power outage was experienced in some barangays just minutes after the earthquake but was restored in the afternoon.


Only Barangays Balatoc and Colayo have still unrestored power.

24/7 OPCEN activated


MDRRMC said the council activated a temporary emergency 24/7 Operation Center at Pasil Central School while the concerned offices assess the situation in the municipality.


Mayor Malannag called for his constituents to stay alert and remain in safe places as the aftershocks are being experienced and more may be expected, according to Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.


Malannag assured they are working on the reopening of road networks and asked for cooperation and understanding as they hold community safety as a top priority.

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