Mindanao quake. Photo courtesy of Jurel Bayang/PNA.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and other concerned agencies are now coordinating with the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) to pinpoint areas affected by the 7.8 magnitude eatthquake that struck north central Mindanao last June 8.
PhilSA is currently analyzing available satellite data on the devastating earthquake that has claimed at least 78 lives and injured some 1,400 individuals with 30 more reportedly missing.
The latest disaster was among the most destructive in the country in five decades with General Santos City and the provinces of Sarangani and South Cotabato in Soccsksargen and Davao Occidental in Davao worst affected.
Across Mindanao, more than 82,700 homes were damaged or destroyed, along with numerous buildings and facilities.
Accordingly, PhilSA had generated maps showing earthquake-induced landslides affecting barangays Calabanit, Ilaya, San Vicente, Congan, and Calpidong in Glan, Sarangani; and barangays Butuan, Patulang, Sugal, Nuing, San Isidro, and Batulan in Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental.
The total area possibly affected by landslides is about 137.87 hectares (~1.38 sqkm), or more than half the land area of Bonifacio Global City.