1 October 2025
Rescuers have searched collapsed buildings for survivors after a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippines, killing at least 31 people on Cebu Island, with fears the toll could rise.
The shallow quake hit at 9:59 pm (1359 GMT) on Tuesday off the island’s northern end near Bogo, a city of 90,000 people, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro said the provincial hospital in Bogo recorded 25 deaths from the city alone.
“Because of the high volume of patients with serious injuries, the medical staff tended to some of them outside the hospital,” she posted on Facebook.
Rescuers earlier reported six more deaths elsewhere in the province.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said 147 people were injured across the central islands, where 22 buildings were damaged.
Source:trtworld
