"A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck off the coast of the central Philippines, sending people running into the streets and knocking power out in some areas. The quake struck at sea on Tuesday off the northern tip of Cebu island and near Bogo, a city of more than 90,000 people, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said, adding that it expected both damage and aftershocks."
"Cebu firefighter Joey Leeguid told the AFP news agency from the town of San Fernando that he felt the quake at his fire station. We saw our locker moving from left to right. We felt slightly dizzy for a while, but we are all fine now, Leeguid said. Martham Pacilan, a 25-year-old resident of the resort town of Bantayan near the epicentre, said he was at the town square near a church when the quake struck."
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck at sea off the northern tip of Cebu island near Bogo, sending people running into the streets and knocking out power in some areas. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology expected damage and aftershocks and urged residents in Cebu, Leyte and Biliran to stay away from the coast because of a minor sea level disturbance and to be alert for unusual waves. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat. Witnesses reported lockers shifting, dizziness and falling rocks; some structures, including the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima, partially collapsed in Daanbantayan. No immediate casualties were reported.
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