Overview

• Authorities cited by Il Messaggero put the death toll at a minimum of 69 and more than 140 injured after the offshore earthquake near Cebu.
• Bogo City accounts for about 30 of the deaths and San Remigio for 22, including five fatalities in a sports center collapse, according to local police.
• USGS measured the quake at magnitude 6.9 after an initial 7.0 reading, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat.
• Local officials reported building collapses, torn roads, and power outages across northern Cebu as rescue and relief operations continued.
• The Philippine institute Phivolcs reported more than 600 aftershocks since the main shock, with the strongest reaching magnitude 4.8.