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

Multiple aftershocks have struck near the site of a deadly 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines that killed at least 31 people and injured several others.

A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake killed at least 69 people in the Philippines, officials said on Wednesday.

Tuesday’s quake is the deadliest the country has experienced since October 2013, when more than 200 people died in the Philippines’ central region after a 7.2-magnitude quake struck the neighboring island of Bohol.

Rescuers used backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines after an earthquake killed at least 72 peop

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

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.

Even as the death toll from a powerful earthquake rose to 72 in the central Philippines, rescue efforts began winding down with a storm approaching the Southeast Asian archipelago Tropical Storm

The death toll in a powerful earthquake that hit the central Philippines late Tuesday has risen to 72 with nearly 300 others injured.