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A church in Poblacion, Daanbantayan, sustains damage after the magnitude 6.9 quake strikes Cebu. Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima/Facebook

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A church in Poblacion, Daanbantayan, sustains damage 

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<div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1759284040790558367996_1295735675935019_7824434063084749394_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Cebu quake likely triggered by fault that had not produced powerful tremor in past 400 years. <em>Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima/Facebook</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) — The deadly earthquake that struck Cebu on Tuesday night and was felt in much of Visayas and parts of Luzon and Mindanao was likely triggered by a fault that had not produced a powerful tremor in the past 400 years, an official said Wednesday. </p><p>A shallow 6.9 quake shook the waters off the northeastern part of Bogo City at 9:59 p.m. on September 30, damaging buildings and <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/10/1/cebu-quake-death-toll-reaches-60-as-injured-overwhelm-hospitals-1235">killing at least 69 people</a> in the province.</p><p>A &quot;destructive&quot; Intensity 7 was felt in Bogo City, Daanbantayan, Medellin, San Remigio, and Tabuelan, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/10/1/cebu-quake-death-toll-reaches-60-as-injured-overwhelm-hospitals-1235">Cebu quake death toll nears 70 as injured overwhelm hospitals</a></div><p>Winchelle Sevilla, chief of the seismology division of Phivolcs, said that the epicenter of the tremor had not experienced a significant quake in the last 400 years, based on the agency&#x27;s database. </p><p>While quakes had been detected in the area, these were registered at a magnitude of 4 and below, which people typically do not feel, Sevilla said.</p><p>The official said they would send personnel to the quake&#x27;s epicenter to gather more information about the offshore fault — which was not in Phivolcs&#x27; active fault database — that produced the strong tremor.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/10/1/authorities-race-to-save-trapped-residents-within-crucial-24-hours-after-cebu-quake-1117">Authorities race to save trapped residents within crucial 24 hours after Cebu quake</a></div><p>Following Tuesday&#x27;s quake, Phivolcs has been recording <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/10/1/aftershocks-rattle-cebu-after-deadly-quake-0909">hundreds of aftershocks </a>in the epicenter of Bogo City.</p><p>The aftershocks could continue rattling the area in the coming weeks or months, and a handful of them could be felt by residents, Sevilla warned.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGION</strong></div><div> </div><p>In a primer on the quake, Phivolcs said Cebu and its vicinity had been affected by strong earthquakes in the past.</p><p>It said at least 8 significant earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 5 to 7.2 had affected Cebu and nearby provinces between 1885 and 2013.</p><p>The recent damaging earthquakes included the magnitude 6.9 event in Negros Oriental on Feb. 6, 2012 and the magnitude 7.2 event in Bohol on October 15, 2013.</p><p>Both earthquakes damaged buildings in Cebu, the seismology agency said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/10/1/cebu-province-declares-state-of-calamity-1053">Cebu province declares state of calamity due to powerful earthquake</a></div><p>Cebu and its neighboring provinces are situated in &quot;one of the seismically active regions&quot; in the Philippines, Phivolcs noted.</p><p>Among the earthquake sources in the region are the Bogo Fault, the Daanbantayan Lineament, and the Cebu Fault System, it said.</p><p>It added that local inland and offshore faults were capable of generating earthquakes ranging from minor to strong magnitudes.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g9jE4OuFf7k?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vt5XkssOmO0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Phivolcs said the epicenter of the tremor had not experienced a significant quake in the last 400 years, based on the agency's database. </p>

Phivolcs said the epicenter of the tremor had not experienced a significant quake in the last 400 years, based on the agency's database.

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Cebu quake likely triggered by fault that had not produced powerful tremor in past 400 years

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published October 01, 2025 10:12 AM PHT

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Updated October 01, 2025 02:51 PM PHT

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