At least five people have died following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake in the Philippines, ABS-CBN, the country’s largest broadcaster, reports, citing the police. The US Geological Survey pegged the depth of the quake at 10km and recorded multiple aftershocks in the region following the earthquake, with the strongest aftershock a magnitude of 6. Cebu City, located in the Philippines’ central Visayas region, has a population of nearly one million, according to the USGS. Police Colonel Enrico Figueroa, chief of the Cebu City police, said some pole-mounted transformers exploded during the earthquake. In Bogo, the quake damaged concrete walls of houses, a fire station and concrete and asphalt roads, firefighter Rey Caete said.