Quake rattles north Philippine city, forces school closures

A moderately strong earthquake struck on Oct 9 near a northern Philippine mountain city that is home to hundreds of thousands of people, forcing them out of buildings and shutting down schools, officials said.

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Employees rushed out of office buildings in the city with a population of 366,000 following the shallow quake which occurred at 10.30am, 10 days after a powerful quake killed more than 70 people in central Philippines, residents told AFP by telephone.

“We're going to check for damage,” building administrator Ralph Cabuag told AFP as more than 300 employees and patients filed out of the three-storey Baguio city health office.