Rescuers bring down a body they recovered from the ruins of a collapsed building, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 after a strong earthquake struck Bogo city, Cebu Province, Central Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Photos show the destruction and rescue efforts after an earthquake in the Philippines
Original Publication Date: October 1, 2025 11:29AM
Publication Updated: October 1, 2025 5:34PM
BOGO, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers check the rubble for survivors and bring out victims in body bags following a magnitude-6.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of Bogo in Cebu province, Philippines. The quake late Tuesday collapsed houses and buildings, killing dozens of people. The toll was expected to rise as rescuers reach hard-hit areas.
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A man rests beside bodies of victims of an earthquake outside Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo City, Philippines, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Hernandez)People grieve after identifying the body of a victim outside Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo City, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Hernandez)Rescuers bring down a body they recovered from the ruins of a collapsed building, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 after a strong earthquake struck Bogo city, Cebu Province, Central Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Isagani Geliig touches the body of his son that was recovered from the ruins of a collapsed building, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 after a strong earthquake struck Bogo city, Cebu Province, Central Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Rescuers search for survivors underneath rubble in Bogo city, Philippines, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Rescuers check for survivors from the ruins of a collapsed building, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 after a strong earthquake struck Bogo city, Cebu Province, Central Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Residents look as rescuers search for survivors at a collapsed building, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 after a strong earthquake struck Bogo city, Cebu Province, Central Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)A man injured in an earthquake is seen outside the Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo City, Philippines, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Hernandez)Rescuers check for survivors in the ruins of a collapsed building, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 after a strong earthquake struck Bogo city, Cebu Province, Central Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Bodies of victims of an earthquake lay outside Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo City, Philippines, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Hernandez)A damaged McDonald’s store is seen in Bogo City, Cebu province, Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 after an offshore earthquake on late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rufino Alub)People look at a collapsed building in Bogo City, Cebu province, Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 after an offshore earthquake on late Tuesday. (AP Photo)This photo shows the damages outside the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima in Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, after an offshore earthquakeon late Tuesday. (AP Photo)
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