However in Abra, which felt the full force from the quake, overall harm had been “very minimal”, police chief Colonel Maly Cula told AFP.
“We don’t have a lot of people in evacuation sites although many people are staying in the streets due to the aftershocks, ” Cula said.
“Abra is back to normal. inch
More than 800 aftershocks have been documented since the quake hit, including 24 that were strong enough to really feel, the local seismological agency said.
Within Vigan City, an UNESCO World Historical past site and visitor destination in Ilocos Sur province, centuries-old structures built during the Spanish colonial time period were damaged.
Governor Jeremias Singson told Teleradyo that will 460 buildings in the province had been affected, including the Bantay Bell Tower, which partly crumbled.
“Our tourism industry and small business owners were actually affected, ” Singson said.