Quake jolts Philippine island
Pastor Dale Morgan
Quake jolts Philippine island*
MANILA, July 20 (AFP) Jul 20, 2007
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake knocked out power and water lines, destroyed
a bridge and damaged a school in the central Philippines, the civil
defence office said Friday.
The quake, which hit just before midnight Thursday, caused a five-hour
power outage and broke water pipes, halting water supplies in the town
of Hinunangan, located near the epicentre of the quake on the southern
end of Leyte island.
A major bridge to the town collapsed along with the concrete wall of the
town school, the civil defence office said, adding that the town hall
and church also suffered cracks.
There were no reports of any casualties.
The archipelago nation, made up of more than 7,000 islands, sits on the
Pacific "Ring of Fire" where continental plates collide, causing
frequent seismic and volcanic activity.