6.9 magnitude earthquake kills more than 60 in central Philippines Brandon Miller, Eve Brennan, Yasmin Coles, CNNOctober 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM 0 Bogo City residents stay on the streets near the debris of damaged buildings, amid frequent aftershocks, following a magnitude 6.
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Brandon Miller, Eve Brennan, Yasmin Coles, CNNOctober 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Bogo City residents stay on the streets near the debris of damaged buildings, amid frequent aftershocks, following a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu, Philippines, on October 1, 2025. - Daniel Ceng/Anadolu/Getty Images
A powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippines late Tuesday, killing at least 60 people and severely damaging buildings and infrastructure in nearby towns and cities.
The shallow quake struck around 10 p.m. local time, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), just west of Palompon and close to the city of Bogo in Cebu province.
Civil Defense officials at both the national and local level said at least 60 people had been killed. More than 150 were believed to have been injured.
The hospital in Bogo had been "overwhelmed," Civil Defense official Raffy Alejandro told reporters. Pictures showed streets in the city littered with debris Wednesday morning.
Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, said in a telephone interview earlier that at least 13 people, including three members of the Philippine Coast Guard and one firefighter, died in the town of San Remigio when a sports complex collapsed during a basketball game.
Relatives become emotional as rescuers move the body of their family member, following a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu, Philippines, on October 1, 2025. - Daniel Ceng/Anadolu/Getty Images
Red Cross paramedics treated at least 60 people for injuries in three provinces, he said.
"Some churches partially collapsed, and some schools had to be evacuated," Gordon said. "This was a sleeper," he said of the late-night quake. "It crept up on us."
In Daanbantayan, just north of Bogo, the facade of the St. Rita Church collapsed.
"The current situation in Daanbantayan highlights the severe impact of the earthquake on heritage structures, which form part of Cebu's rich cultural and spiritual identity," Cebu Governor Pam Baricuatro said in a post on Facebook.
Footage shared on social media from Cebu showed a fire breaking out at a mall due to the earthquake Tuesday night, as well as a badly damaged McDonald's. Beauty pageant contestants were seen in another video running off the stage as the earthquake started.
The Philippine Red Cross said there were reports at schools in Cebu of debris, cracks in buildings and a temporary power failure.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), which recorded multiple aftershocks close to the epicenter in the hours after the initial earthquake, canceled a tsunami alert for Leyte, Biliran and Cebu provinces early Wednesday local time.
A minor eruption from the country's Taal volcano, about 70 km (45 miles) south of central Manila, was also recorded by Phivolcs. It stated that the eruption produced a 2,500-meter-high plume that drifted northwest, but the alert level remains at Level 1.
Governor Baricuatro urged residents to remain calm in a social media video, saying the presidential office confirmed to her it will send immediate aid to Cebu. "Know that the provincial government is doing its best. Help is coming," she said.
The Medellin municipality in Cebu added in its Facebook post that classes have been suspended until further notice, and work has been suspended until facilities and buildings are assessed.
People look at a collapsed building in Bogo City, Cebu, Philippines, on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 after an offshore earthquake on late Tuesday. - AP
More than half a million people felt very strong shaking across the Visayan Islands, which include Cebu, Biliran and Leyte, according to estimates from the USGS.
The Philippines sits along the Ring of Fire, a 25,000-mile (40,000-kilometer) arc of seismic fault lines around the Pacific Ocean that hosts more than half of the world's volcanoes.
In 2022, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in northern Luzon, the country's most populous island, killed at least five and injured over 100 people. In 2019, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake, also in Luzon, killed at least 11.
This is a developing story and will be .
CNN's Avery Schmitz, Thomas Bordeaux and William Branigin contributed to this report.
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