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More than 170,000 people were affected, including many who have refused to return home because they were traumatized and fearful of aftershocks.
Experts said the quake was triggered by a shallow undersea fault line that has not moved for at least 400 years.
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 Tuesday collapsed houses and buildings,
The death toll in a powerful earthquake that hit the central Philippines late Tuesday has risen to 72 with nearly 300 others injured.
The death toll in a powerful earthquake that hit the central Philippines late Tuesday has risen to 72 with nearly 300 others injured
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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Bogo City, Cebu
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Bogo City in Cebu on Tuesday evening. The earthquake occurred at 9:59 p.m., according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 11.09°N, 124.13°E - 017 km N 73° E of City Of Bogo (Cebu).