CEBU. Guihulngan resident Nicalona Mejares, 7, arrives at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City, for treatment of a leg fractured during Monday’s 6.9-magnitude quake. (Ruel Rosello)

DAVAO. Laborers of Pengco Trading on Monteverde Ave. in Davao City salvage sacks of rice damaged by flood due to heavy rains Tuesday night. (Seth delos Reyes)

DAVAO. A security guard checks the bags of all visitors entering the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Bajada, Davao City as authorities tightened security at the government hospital. (Seth delos Reyes)

CEBU. Cebu City Central School assistant principal Reum Sespeñe shows a crack on a wall in the school, the result of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake last Monday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology warns there may be more aftershocks during the week. (Amper Campaña)

DAVAO. Police scouts spread their arms to control their descent during a rappel training on a bridge in Diversion Road in Ma-a, Davao City Tuesday. A total of 312 police scouts are undergoing training for two months now. (King Rodriguez)

ZAMBOANGA. Policemen inspect the remains of the Europeans abductors' motorized banca, which was burned to conceal ownership identity. (Bong Garcia)

PAMPANGA. Gov. Lilia Pineda and Mayor Chito Espino inspect the damaged portion of the slope protection in Guemasan, Arayat. (Contributed photo)

CEBU. More than two hours after the 6.9-magnitude quake struck Cebu and Negros, false reports of seawater moving inland sent crowds running from downtown Cebu City to higher ground. (Alex Badayos)

CEBU. Taxicab driver Jose Heredia shows to Cebu City Police Office Chief Ramon Melvin Buenafe how the assailant shot Michael Reyes at corner Echavez and Lorega Sts., Cebu City. (Amper Campaña)

NEGROS ORIENTAL. The 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Visayas on Monday damaged properties, including these softdrink cases placed along the highway in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental. (Photo courtesy of Dennis Ortega)

ILOILO. Employees at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol hurriedly went out then gather in front of the building following an earthquake Monday. (Photo courtesy of Iloilo Capitol)

CEBU. Workers in IT Park, Cebu City, gathered outside their office buildings following an earthquake that struck Cebu and nearby Negros island Monday. (Photo courtesy of Khristianie Lauta Cornelio)