Deadly quake strikes Philippines

Residents walk along a damaged road following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Bohol, central Philippines, Oct. 15, 2013.

The tremor collapsed buildings, cracked roads and toppled the bell tower of the Philippines' oldest church Tuesday morning, causing dozens of deaths across the central region and sending terrified residents into deadly stampedes.

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People gather on the street next to damaged buildings in Cebu City, Philippines after a major earthquake struck the region, Oct. 15, 2013.

People walk past the damaged Church of San Pedro in the Philippine town of Loboc, Bohol after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region, Oct. 15, 2013.

Residents sit in the open air as they tap the pavement in a belief that the tremor would stop, following an aftershock of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Cebu city in central Philippines, Oct. 15, 2013.

The tremor collapsed buildings, cracked roads and toppled the bell tower of the Philippines' oldest church Tuesday morning, causing multiple deaths across the central region and sending terrified residents into deadly stampedes.

A private guard looks at the rubble near the damaged Basilica of the Holy Child, following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Cebu city in central Philippines and toppled the bell tower of the Philippines' oldest church, Oct. 15, 2013.

Earthquake victims wait for treatment at a government hospital following a 7.2-magnitude quake that hit Cebu city in central Philippines, Oct. 15, 2013.

Soldiers remove debris that covered cars following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Cebu city in central Philippines, Oct. 15, 2013.

Earthquake victims wait for treatment at a government hospital following a 7.2-magnitude quake that hit Cebu city in central Philippines, Oct. 15, 2013.

Doctors treat a woman outside a damaged Vicente Sotto Hospital in Cebu, central Philippines, Oct. 15, 2013.

A crane sifts through the rubble of the damaged Our Lady of Assumption Parish church following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake, at Dauis in Bohol, central Philippines, Oct. 15, 2013.

Soldiers remove debris that covered cars following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Cebu city in central Philippines, Oct. 15, 2013.

The bell of the Basilica of the Holy Child lies amidst rubble following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Cebu city in central Philippines and toppled the bell tower of the Philippines' oldest church, Oct. 15, 2013.

Patients wait outside of a hospital to avoid aftershocks following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Cebu city in central Philippines, Oct. 15, 2013.

Residents look at the remains of the Loboc Chruch following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Loboc, Bohol, central Philippines, Oct. 15, 2013.