Over 800 aftershocks recorded after quake

Damaged ruins: A view of the damaged Bantay Bell Tower – a centuries-old church belfry – in the aftermath of an earthquake in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur province. — Reuters

Anxious residents slept outside after hundreds of aftershocks rattled the earthquake-hit northern Philippines, locals said, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr inspected damage in the region.

Five people were killed and more than 150 injured when a 7.0-magnitude quake struck the lightly populated province of Abra on Wednesday morning, authorities said.