MANILA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Cebu province in the central Philippines on Tuesday night could reach up to 60, the Philippines' Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Wednesday.
There have been reports that "as many as 60 individuals perished from this earthquake," but the number of deaths is still subject to validation, Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro, the deputy administrator for the OCD, said in a press conference. ■