3rd Filipino fatality in NZ quake identified

Published March 13, 2011 2:46pm

New Zealand police have identified a third Filipina fatality in the magnitude-6.3 quake that hit the Christchurch area last month. In a news release posted on its website Sunday, the New Zealand police said the Filipina â€” 20-year-old Erica Avir Reyes Nora â€” was one of four people whose identities were recently confirmed. Sundayâ€™s development brought the total number of names released to 117. Aside from Nora, the other three fatalities identified Sunday were Siwen Huo, 28 (female), of China; Kayo Kanamaru, 19 (female), of Japan; and Caiying Ye, 27 (female), of China. Last week, the New Zealand police confirmed the deaths of Filipinos Ivy Jane Cabunilas, 33; and Jewel Jose Francisco, 26. At least eight other Filipinos remain missing in the earthquake. They are:

Jessie Lloyd Redoble

John Kristoffer Chua

Ezra Mae Medalle

Emmabel Anoba

Mary Louise Anne Amantillo

Valquin Bensurto

Rhea Mae Sumalpong

Lalaine Collado Agatep. Christchurch, New Zealandâ€™s second biggest city, was rocked by a magnitude-6.3 quake last February 22. It was the second quake to hit the city of almost 400,00 people in five months, and New Zealandâ€™s most deadly natural disaster for 80 years. New Zealand sits between the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates and records on average more than 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which about 20 would normally top magnitude 5.0. â€“ KBK, GMA News

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