A magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Jaro, Leyte on Thursday left at least two people dead, 72 injured and parts of the Visayas without power, according to disaster authorities on Friday.
In a press briefing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said two people were killed, one after a three-storey building collapsed in Kananga, Leyte, while 72 others were injured. The circumstances of the other fatality were unclear as some reports said he was a victim in a landslide while another claimed that he was the second fatality in the collapsed building.
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