6.7 Magnitude Earthquake in Surigao City
10-12 February 2017


 The Surigao City Airport runway was destroyed due to the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the city on the night of February 10, 2017. (PIA Caraga)



The Philippine Red Cross Surigao City-Surigao del Norte Chapter provides eight large tents which serve as temporary shelter of the evacuees at the Capitol grounds in Surigao City. (PIA Caraga)


With the unstable building structure of the female ward at the Caraga Regional Hospital in Surigao City due to the recent earthquake incident on February 10, 2017, hundreds of patients who are in fear of the danger preferred to stay outside the hospital where tents were pitched to safely shelter them. Most of them had sustained injuries at the time of the tremor. (PIA Caraga)


Several Surigaonons living near coastal areas voluntarily stay at the Capitol grounds in Surigao City on February 11, 2017 as a preventive measure to avoid any untoward incident that may arise in relation to aftershocks of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake. (PIA Caraga)




Venus Garcia, Surigao del Norte Information Center Manager interviewing Amparo Donoso Ampo, one of the evacuees who temporary stayed at safer area in Surigao City on February 11, 2017. (PIA Caraga)


Philippine Information Agency Caraga deputy regional director Fryan Abkilan interviews the son of Lorenzo Deguiño, one of the casualties of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Surigao City on February 10, 2017. (PIA Caraga)


A number of individuals and families are queueing in Brgy. Washington to avail the rationed water by the Taganito Mining Corp. on February 12, 2017. (PIA Caraga)


John Rafael Daño (center, white polo shirt) of Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Surigao del Norte chapter bares that water and sanitation services will be provided by the PRC Tacloban City Chapter, together with the PRC Agusan del Norte-Butuan City Chapter to affected localities of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake in Surigao City on February 10, 2017. (PIA Caraga)

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