\u2014 ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) October 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Cebu provincial government put out a call on its official Facebook page for medical volunteers to assist in the aftermath of the quake.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are still assessing the damage,\u201d Pamela Baricuatro, the governor of Cebu, said in a video posted on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it could be worse than we think,\u201d Baricuatro said, adding that she has been in touch with the president\u2019s office and is asking for aid.<\/p>\n Baricuatro later said that an unspecified number of houses and a hospital were damaged and emergency medical teams were being deployed to treat residents who were pinned down and injured.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re sending already a trauma team there. Doctors and nurses are on the way,\u201d the governor told the DZMM radio station. \u201cWe need medicine, food, medical teams.\u201d<\/p>\n The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology urged residents<\/a> in the provinces of Cebu, Leyte and Biliran to stay away from the coast due to a \u201cminor sea level disturbance\u201d, and to \u201cbe on alert for unusual waves\u201d.<\/p>\n Appeals for food and water<\/p>\n Alfie Reynes, vice mayor of San Remigio town, which was badly hit by the quake, appealed for food and water for evacuees, as well as heavy equipment to aid search and rescue workers.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is raining heavily and there is no electricity, so we really need help, especially in the northern part, because there\u2019s a scarcity of water after supply lines were damaged by the earthquake,\u201d Reynes told DZMM radio.<\/p>\n Seven deaths were reported in San Remigio, including among personnel from the Bureau of Fire Protection and three from the coastguard, police said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe victims were playing basketball inside the sports complex when it collapsed,\u201d said police captain Jan Ace Elcid Layug.<\/p>\n At least 13 people, four of them minors, were also reported killed in Bogo City, and two deaths were reported in the towns of Medellin and Tabuelan, provincial officials said.<\/p>\n The Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima, a church in Daanbantayan, a town in Cebu province, said the structure had partially collapsed. Power also went out in the town.<\/p>\n Photo shows the effects of 6.9 magnitude earthquake at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima in Barangay Poblacion, Cebu on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n The local government of Daanbantayan, Cebu is appealing to the public not to touch any of the coral stones in the vicinity of the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/DYhSEv0f5C<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) October 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Philippines lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire, where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common, and experiences near-daily earthquakes. A powerful magnitude 7<\/a> quake in July 2022 killed at least five people and injured 60.<\/p>\n In December 2023, another large earthquake<\/a> shook the southern Philippines, killing at least one person and forcing thousands to evacuate.<\/p>\n![\"People](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/afp_68dc09cd100b-1759250893.jpg\")
People rushed out of buildings and onto the street when the quake hit the central Philippines [AFP]<\/p>\n