Earthquake in the Philippines: the terrifying moment when the terrace pool breaks on a luxury skyscraper

The violent rocking would have broken the pool located at the top of the tower and the water began to fall cascading. The video of the episode was shared by London DJ and cameraman Majick on their social networks, accompanied by the following message: "The earthquake was so intense that even the pool on the upper deck fled."

The 53-storey building is the tallest in Manila's Chinatown and one of the largest in the Philippines (181 meters). According to the construction site itself, the rooftop pool is 25 meters long.

The epicenter of the earthquake occurred at 17:10 local time (9:10 GMT), near the town of Castillejos, Zambales Province, about 150 kilometers north of Manila by land and at the border with Pampanga. victims.

In the province of Pampanga, Clark International Airport, which remains closed for at least 24 hours, has also suffered damage, as well as some roads, in addition to the collapse of the church steeple St. Catherine of Alexandria, also located in Porac.

The United States Geological Survey, which records seismic activity worldwide, has reduced the magnitude of the earthquake to 6.1, after initially placing it at 6.3. The hypocenter of the earthquake was located 40 kilometers deep, according to the same organism. The Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Philippines (Philvocs) also placed the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.1, after initially calibrating at 5.7. At the present time, there are 52 replicas of the one hundred tremors provided by Philvolcs, although of less intensity.

In different parts of the provinces of Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan and Bataan – in the center of Luzón – the tremor was felt with intensity 5; as well as in the city of Quezon, Metro Manila.

He felt intensely four in the rest of the capital, where malls and office and home skyscrapers had been evacuated as a precaution.