LOOK: Office Workers, Condo Dwellers Evacuate After Powerful Earthquake

Filipinos in different parts of Metro Manila sought refuge in open grounds after a magnitude 7 earthquake shook Luzon.

Employees were forced to evacuate from office towers while condo dwellers fled their units to safer grounds after the powerful earthquake.

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The magnitude 7 earthquake hit 3 kilometers northwest of Tayum, Abra at 8:43 a.m. with a depth of 25 kilometers, Phivolcs said in a bulletin.

The tremor was initially pegged to be a magnitude 7.3.

 Aftershocks and damage are expected due to the earthquake, Phivolcs added.

Here are some scenes of the evacuation in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig: