Twenty hurt as quake sparks stampede at shopping mall
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines triggering a stampede in a shopping mall that left at least 20 people injured.
Most of the injured were sent home after being treated for minor cuts. Two people who were crushed remained in hospital for observation in Surigao City.
The quake was centred 1.2 miles (two kms) off Dinagat Island near southeastern Surigao del Norte province, said seismology officials.
No tsunami alert was raised.
“It was very strong. You could really feel it. You could see the vehicles moving. I could not control my body as it was moving,” said Albert Lancin, a city health official.
Glass doors shattered and panicked shoppers surged out of the mall, which had only opened today.
