(Last updated on 1 October at 9:05 pm)
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Cebu late last night, collapsing buildings and structures, as well as leaving at least 69 people dead, with over 290 more injured, as search for victims is still ongoing in the Philippine province.
According to various media reports, the tremor struck at 9:50 pm last night near Bogo city, which has the most fatalities.
Among the collapsed buildings are the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima church, a bridge in San Remigio and a McDonald’s restaurant in Bogo, with several government buildings and more bridges also damaged by the quake.
Furthermore, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has said that the quake has caused Leyte, Samar and part of Bohol disconnected from the Cebu-Negros-Panay grid, among other issues.
Meanwhile, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued no tsunami warning as no threat was detected from the earthquake.
The Philippines, where earthquakes are common, is situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes that stretches across the pacific basin, from South America to Japan through Southeast Asia, and all the way to New Zealand in South Pacific. (Gilbert Humphrey)
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