Residents of San Remigio, Cebu continue to seek much needed help, as they try to rebuild after the magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the province last week, the strongest ever recorded in the area, while authorities warn of the presence of dozens of sinkholes and the presence of a fault.
One of the residents left homeless was Robinson Ylanan, whose house -- located at the foot of a mountain in San Remigio -- was heavily damaged and swept away by the boulders and the soil that fell due to the earthquake.
"Wala na. Wala tayong magawa. Saan kami kukuha ng pang-ano? Wala kaming trabaho (No more. We cannot do anything. Where will get our sustenance? We have no work)," he said in a report on GMA's "24 Oras Weekend" on Sunday.
Another affected by the quake was Adonis Dignos Cabahug, a resident of Barangay Lambusan, whose 85-year old grandmother was killed in the earthquake.
"Lola, kung nakikinig ka man ngayon, sorry huli ka na namin nakuha (Grandma, if you're listening, sorry we were not able to get to you on time)," he said in Cebuano.
Another family also lost their home, built with the help of an Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) family member, due to the quake.
"Hindi pa nila alam ang kanilang gagawin. Saan kami mag-umpisa? Walang wala, zero, zero (They still do not know what they will do. Where do we start? We have nothing, zero)," Jocelyn Mendoyos also said in Cebuano.
Cebu, which was hit by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the area last Tuesday evening, with a depth of 5 kilometers and tectonic in origin.
Latest data available from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) showed that the death toll was recorded at 71, with 559 injured, with the numbers subject to validation. There were some 128,464 families or 455,631 individuals affected.
More than 30 sinkholes have since emerged in San Remigio, Cebu following the earthquake, with authorities expecting that the number could still rise.
"Cebu is made up of limestones. 'Yung limestones, nadi-dissolve 'yan and breaks easily kapag may ulan, although of course it would take several hundreds of years bago totally ma-erode," Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) director Dr. Teresito Bacolcol said in the report.
(Limestones dissolve and break easily when there is rain, although of course it would take several hundreds of years before they totally erode.)
State seismologists have spotted the fault that generated the earthquake in Sitio Looc, Barngay Nailon, in Bogo.
"Ang tawag natin sa fault na ito would be the Bogo Bay Fault. Unang namapa ang halos 200 meters, pero gumamit sila ng drone and they were able to see around 1.5 kilometers of ground structure features," Bacolcol said.
(We call this the Bogo Bay Fault. It was first mapped 200 meters, but they used a drone and they were able to see around 1.5 kilometers of ground structure features.) -- Jon VIktor Cabuenas/RF, GMA Integrated News