Dozens killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the Philippines

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The Associated Press

People look at a collapsed building in Bogo City, Cebu province, Philippines Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 after an offshore earthquake on late Tuesday.

CEBU, Philippines — Rescuers used backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines Wednesday, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people.

The death toll was expected to rise from the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that hit at about 10 p.m. Tuesday and trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.