Flights have been grounded and and no one can contact family, friends, the emergency services or hospitals amid the shutdown ...
The quake caused widespread damage, landslides, and power outages in Cebu province near the epicentre, as rescue efforts ...
At least 69 people have been killed in a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake in central Philippines.
It is the first time the country has experienced a shutdown of this kind since the former insurgents seized power in August ...