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proudly presents:
proudly presents:
The October 2013 Bohol & Cebu Earthquake
The October 2013 Bohol & Cebu Earthquake
written by: Fergus Ducharme, assisted by: Joemarie Acallar & Nilo Jimeno with
photos by: Vincent le Poittevin
written by: Fergus Ducharme, assisted by: Joemarie Acallar & Nilo Jimeno with
photos by: Vincent le Poittevin

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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: Ma
rianne 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 Assumprion
Church in Dauis was built in
1697 by the Augustinian.
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Photo: Erik de Castro, Reuters

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Photo: 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

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The 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.
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Photo by: Eric de Castro

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Photo 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 Nio in Cebu suffered some serious damage as
can be seem from the following photos. There was some slight structur
al
damage to the main body of the Church but the `quake substantially destroyed
the Bell Tower.
The most prized treasures of Santo Nio's: the original Statue of the Sa
nto
Nio and Magellan's Cross were undamaged.

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We want to thank the following for their contributions to this article:
materials and some photos provided by: www.wikipedia.org
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons
Attribution - ShareAlike 3.0
Unported License

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