Rescuers check the rubble for survivors and bring out victims in body bags following a powerful magnitude-6.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of Bogo in Cebu province, Philippines. The quake late Tuesday collapsed houses

On Tuesday night, a massive 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit the central area of the Philippines, killing at least 69 people and injuring over 200 others.

Morexette Marie Erram, a reporter for the Cebu Daily News, says the deadly 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit after days of intense rain was a 'doubly whammy' for survivors, who are afraid to go back inside their homes with nearly 900 aftershocks following the quake.

Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, was reportedly trapped on the 19th floor of his apartment building in the Philippines after the country’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade.

Diana Hernandez, a Bronx resident, told CNN it felt like an earthquake when a nearby high-rise apartment building collapsed and she was worried about her friends living in the building.

In the face of a looming Cascadia earthquake, an Oregonian/OregonLive investigation into the structural integrity of Portland-area schools revealed that years after initial warnings, many students attend class in buildings vulnerable to collapse during a major seismic event.

Generally, the foreign office advises against all travel to parts of the Philippines, including Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago. The FCDO encourages prospective travellers to Cebu and nearby provinces to contact their travel providers and check their travel insurance covers natural disasters.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has issued an advisory for possible minor sea-level disturbances following a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that