The October 2013 Bohol & Cebu Earthquake

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The October 2013 Bohol & Cebu EarthquakeThe October 2013 Bohol & Cebu Earthquake

written bywritten by:: Fergus DucharmeFergus Ducharme, , assisted by:assisted by: JoemarieJoemarie AcallarAcallar & & Nilo Nilo JimenoJimeno with photos by: with photos by: Vincent le Vincent le PoittevinPoittevin

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The Affected Area

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The Epicentre was located in and around Carmen

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The Buenavista Road is all but impassable as a result of the quake. Photo by: Marianne Bermudez

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He original Baclayon Church was built by the Jesuits in 1595. The current Church destroyed in this most recent ‘quake was built in 1724 following another massive ‘quake. The Church was named a National Historic Treasure of the Philippines in 1995.

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The Baclayon Church was seriously damaged, yet some parts of it are still intact.

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Our Lady of the AssumprionChurch in Dauis was built in 1697 by the Augustinian.

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Photo: Erik de Castro, Reuters

16Photo: Erik de Castro, Reuters

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The Augustinian Friar Manuel de Elizalde built the Our Lady of Light Chapel in Loon in 1753

The current church was built on this same site in 1803 after it had been destroyed.

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The before and after shots; Our Lady of Light Church is now nothing but a pile of rubble. Photo by Lail Rara

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This statue of the Virgin of the Barangay, survived the ‘quake

21The statue of Jesus hangs precariously over the rubble of the Loon Church

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San Pedro Church in Loboc. The first church here was built by the Jesuit Juan de Torres in 1602. He came from Baclayon to found the 2nd oldest Christian Community in Bohol.

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Fr de Torres’ 1602 church was destroyed by fire in 1638. The church was re-built next to the site of the previous one. It was a perfect example of the Jesuit Colonial Architecture of the 17th

and early 18th centuries. Photo by: Reuters

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A Loboc resident walks by the Church with all the personal possessions she was able to salvage from her destroyed home. Photo by: Reuters

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St Isidore the Farmer Church in Tubigon. The original church was built by the Jesuits in the early 1600s and was re-built in 1886 following another major ‘quake.

29Photo by: Eric de Castro

30Photo by: Eric de Castro

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The location of the “Chocolate Hills”, Carmen, Bohol

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One of Philippines’ premier tourist attractions – the Chocolate Hills of Bohol. The get the name because they look like a whole ‘pile’ of…

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The Basilica Minore of Santo Niño in Cebu suffered some serious damage as can be seem from the following photos. There was some slight structural damage to the main body of the Church but the ‘quake substantially destroyed the Bell Tower.

The most prized treasures of Santo Niño’s: the original Statue of the Santo Niño and Magellan’s Cross were undamaged.

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