SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Four dead, 60 hurt as earthquake hits northern Philippines Shallow quake was measured at above 7 magnitude and collapsed buildings near the epicentre in northern Abra province. ADVERTISEMENT At least four people have died and 60 others were injured by a powerful earthquake in the northern Philippines, the country’s interior minister has said. The 8:43am (00:43 GMT) quake on Wednesday struck the mountainous and lightly populated province of Abra on Luzon, the country’s main and most populous island, causing small landslides and collapsing some houses. ADVERTISEMENT The tremors caused high-rise towers to shake more than 400km (249 miles) away in the capital, Manila, which is located on the south of the island. ADVERTISEMENT The earthquake was measured at a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 by the US Geological Survey (USGS), 7.2