A 6.9-magnitude earthquake strikes central Philippines, killing at least 69 people
NEWS
Express newspaper
01/10/2025 8:59
A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippines late Tuesday, killing at least 69 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. The government is scrambling to search for survivors and restore power and water supplies.
At least 14 residents died and the hospital was overwhelmed in Bogo, a coastal city in Cebu province with a population of about 90,000, which is located about 19 kilometers from the epicenter of the shallow earthquake. The death toll in the city is expected to rise, local authorities said.
Over a dozen people were also killed in Medellin near Bogo when they were hit by falling ceilings and walls of their homes, the city’s disaster mitigation office reported.
And in San Remigio, also near Bogo, five people were killed by collapsing walls as they tried to escape a basketball game they were attending when the earthquake struck, the town’s mayor Alfie Reynes told local media.
Reynes appealed for food and water, as San Remigio’s water system had been damaged by the tremors, as well as equipment for search and rescue efforts, Euronews writes.
