Compliance with building code urged after Visayas quake

MANILA — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is advocating anew compliance with the National Building Code to lessen death and destruction from earthquakes.

Monday’s 6.9-magnitude quake that struck offshore, five kilometers northwest of Tayasan municipality in Negros Oriental, damaged several structures in various areas in Central and Western Visayas.

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