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ZAMBOANGA CITY — No less than 10 college students of Universidad de Zamboanga had been rushed to hospitals after they panicked and skilled shortness of respiration as a result of magnitude 5.4 earthquake towards midday on Thursday.
Elmeir Apolinario, metropolis catastrophe threat discount and administration officer, mentioned the anxious college students additionally figured in a stampede within the college as folks scampered for security.
“They weren’t injured; they panicked, bought anxious, and skilled shortness of respiration,” Apolinario mentioned. They had been launched after they’d calmed down.
The native authorities’s catastrophe response workplace instantly dispatched 4 ambulances to the college.
A number of faculties reported that college students evacuated as a result of sturdy jolt.
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“It’s fairly lengthy and powerful. We obtained studies from Ateneo de Zamboanga College, Zampen Polytechnic college, Southern Metropolis schools. All college students are correctly accounted for,” Apolinario mentioned.
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In accordance with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the quake struck at 11:41 a.m. 32 kilometers northeast of Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte.
Engr. Rommel Allan Labayog, Phivolcs regional discipline officer right here, mentioned the quake was the strongest because the one which rocked this metropolis two years in the past.
The quake was felt as Depth V in Zamboanga Metropolis however it additionally registered as Instrumental Depth 4 right here.
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