Overview

• USGS measured the earthquake at magnitude 6.9 at a depth of about 10 kilometers off Cebu and Leyte late Tuesday local time.
• Civil defense reports at least 72 dead, nearly 300 injured and roughly 170,000 people affected, with no official list of missing despite uncertainty about those possibly trapped.
• PHIVOLCS has recorded more than 2,300 aftershocks up to magnitude 5.0 and said the main shaking lasted about 30 seconds.
• Bogo City reported numerous fatalities following a landslide, while police say several people in San Remigio died when a sports hall collapsed during a basketball game.
• A tsunami alert for waves up to one meter was issued then lifted, as authorities detail widespread structural damage, power outages and hospital evacuations while search-and-rescue continues.