Classes in all levels in public and private schools in Davao City were immediately suspended on Friday (October 10) after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the waters off the region.
‘In view of the recent earthquake and to give way to the conduct of rapid damage assessment of infrastructures and facilities, classes in all levels, public and private educational institutions, in Davao City are hereby suspended immediately,’ the local government said in an advisory.
The tremor occurred 62 kilometers southeast of Manay town, Davao Oriental at around 9:43 a.m. on Friday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
Phivolcs has yet to release details about the reported and instrumental intensities resulting from the quake.