In Photos: At least 69 people killed in powerful earthquake that hit Philippines

Updated On: 01 October, 2025 04:43 PM IST | ronak mastakar

Rescuers used backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people. (Pics/AFP)

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<p>The death toll was expected to rise from the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that hit at about 10 pm on Tuesday and trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province</p>

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The death toll was expected to rise from the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that hit at about 10 pm on Tuesday and trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province

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Sporadic rain and damaged bridges and roads have hampered the race to save lives, officials said

<p>"We`re still in the golden hour of our search and rescue," Office of Civil Defence deputy administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said in a news briefing. "There are still many reports of people who were pinned or hit by debris"</p>

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"We`re still in the golden hour of our search and rescue," Office of Civil Defence deputy administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said in a news briefing. "There are still many reports of people who were pinned or hit by debris"

<p>The epicentre of the earthquake, which was set off by movement in an undersea fault line at a dangerously shallow depth of 5 kilometres (3 miles), was about 19 kilometres (12 miles) northeast of Bogo, a coastal city of about 90,000 people in Cebu province, where about half of the deaths were reported, officials said</p>

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The epicentre of the earthquake, which was set off by movement in an undersea fault line at a dangerously shallow depth of 5 kilometres (3 miles), was about 19 kilometres (12 miles) northeast of Bogo, a coastal city of about 90,000 people in Cebu province, where about half of the deaths were reported, officials said

<p>The Philippine government is considering whether to seek help from foreign governments based on an ongoing rapid damage assessment, Alejandro said</p>

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The Philippine government is considering whether to seek help from foreign governments based on an ongoing rapid damage assessment, Alejandro said

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