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

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.

An offshore 6.9 magnitude earthquake collapsed walls of houses and buildings late Tuesday in a central Philippine province, killing at least 69 people, injuring many others and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as the intense shaking cut off power,

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake collapsed walls of houses and buildings in a central Philippine province, killing dozens. Rescuers raced to find survivors.

The Philippines is reeling from a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that killed 72 and an eruption. Now, Tropical Storm Paolo is set to hit. Get the latest on the triple disaster.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the central Philippines on Sept. 30, leaving at least 69 dead and 147 more injured.

Emergency workers recovered the body of a child and his mother out of collapsed buildings in the central Philippines on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people and injured more than 200 others.

Earlier this year, Thomas Markle, who had a falling out with his American duchess daughter, moved to the province in the Philippines struck by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake Tuesday night.