At least four people were killed in the northern Philippines after a powerful earthquake toppled buildings and shook high-rise towers more than 300 kilometres away in the capital Manila
In Bangued, the provincial capital of Abra, which felt the full force of the quake, a 23-year-old woman was killed after a wall fell on her, police said.
The shallow but powerful quake struck the mountainous and lightly populated province of Abra on the main island of Luzon at 8:43 am on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage than deeper ones. This one left scores of people injured, triggered landslides, damaged churches, and knocked out power.
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