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Entire Davao de Oro placed under state of calamity due to series of quakes

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Hernel Tocmo, ABS-CBN News

<p>DAVAO DE ORO — The entire Davao de Oro has been placed under a state of calamity due a series of earthquakes that damaged hundreds of houses in the southern province last week. </p><p>The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved the resolution declaring a state of calamity during a virtual session on Saturday, March 11. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/07/23/twin-quakes-rock-davao-de-oro">Twin quakes rock Davao De Oro</a></li></ul><p>&quot;In order to facilitate expedient delivery of services to the affected individuals and/or communities in our province, a declaration of state of calamity is deemed necessary,&quot; the resolution read.</p><p>The string of tremors damaged around 2,712 houses, according to a report from the Davao regional disaster risk reduction and management council on Sunday morning. </p><p>The quakes affected some 6,720 families in the province and left around P39 million in infrastructure damage across the Davao region. <br/> <br/>The government has provided around P16 million in aid to affected residents. </p><p>As of March 12, the total number of recorded earthquakes in Davao de Oro has reached 1,468, with magnitudes ranging from 1.4 to 5.9. However, only 33 tremors were felt by residents. <br/> <br/>RELATED VIDEO</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qvP9Tk6WDK4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

This was due to the adverse impact of the series of earthquakes affecting the province.

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Entire Davao de Oro placed under state of calamity due to series of quakes

Hernel Tocmo,

ABS-CBN News

Published March 13, 2023 05:09 PM PHT

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