The powerful earthquake of 6.9-magnitude hit Ceba in the Philippines during the Gala Night Miss Asia-Pacific International 2025. A video contestant who responded to the tremor, quickly sent out online and captured a shocking moment.
On Thursday, according to rescue officials, the number of victims from earthquakes increased to 72, with hundreds of injured and thousands displaced.
Despite chaos, the organizers confirmed the safety of all participants. “After an earthquake of 6.9 in Ceb, we would like to make sure that everyone is missing Asia Pacific International 2025 candidates and the Mapi team is safe and good,” read the statement published on Instagram.
Topshot – a man rides a bike around a collapsed building where three missing people were found dead between rubies in Bogo City in Cebu 2. Hundreds of injured and thousands left the homeless. (Photo Ted Aljibe / AFP) This photo shows damage outside the Archi -Cdiesan shrine Santa Rosa de Lima in Daanbantayan, Ceba, Philippines on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, after the coastal earthquake late Tuesday. AP/PTI (AP10_01_2025_000262A)
The group also appreciated their place and said, “We are expanding our deepest gratitude Radisson Blu Cebu for their quick and professional reaction in implementing security measures during tremor.”
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The rescue effort continues throughout the region because officials are working on supporting the survivors and assessing the full extent of damage.
There is a rescue operation
Escuers used reflectors, an excavator and bare hands in orange and yellow knesses to search the debris of concrete slabs, broken wood and twisted iron bars for hours in a collapsed Bogo City building.
“We are still at the golden hour of our search and rescue,” said Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV administrator on Wednesday morning intelligence in the capital of the country in Manila. “There are still many reports of people who have been attached or hit by a debris.”
The earthquake occurred at a dangerously shallow depth of 5 kilometers (3 miles) and was concentrated about 19 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Bogo, a coastal city of about 90,000 people in Cebu province, where officials reported about half of the known deaths, reported.
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The Philippine government is considering whether to seek help from foreign governments on the basis of the ongoing rapid assessment of the damage, Alejandro said.
Matmo Storm edges closer to the Philippines
The tropical storm Matmo approached the Philippines on Thursday, warning that he could intensify himself into the typhoon of and the weekend potentially endeavor South China, said AP.
Matmo, a pack of permanent winds of 65 km / h (40 km / h), moves to the west-vero-west at approximately 22 km / h) and is expected to approach Luzon, the most populous island in the country, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.
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We are expanding our deepest gratitude Radisson Blu Cebu for their quick and professional reaction in implementing safety measures during tremor.
We would like to assure that all Asia Pacific International 2025 candidates and organizing team Mapi are safe and well.
The Philippine weather agency said the storm could make a landfall over the southern Isabella or the northern province of Aurora and then cross northern Luzon.
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