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According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), as of 5 December, three people died and 48 others have been injured after the 7.6 M earthquake of 2 December that hit Hinatuan Municipality in Surigao Del Sur Province (Caraga Region, Mindanao, southern Philippines).
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In addition, more than 528,000 people have been affected, 51 are still displaced in one evacuation centre, and almost 1,900 are still pre-emptively evacuated across Caraga and Davao Regions.
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NDRRMC reports more than 3,000 aftershocks of magnitude between 1.4 M and 6.6 M across the affected area. National authorities are providing help for those affected, distributing family food packs (FFPs) to some 6,127 families from Hinatuan Municipality.