Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in the Philippines

Firefighters outside a damaged restaurant in Bogo (Aaron Favila/AP)

The death toll in a powerful earthquake that hit the central Philippines late on Tuesday has risen to 72 with nearly 300 others injured.

Filipino seismologists say the earthquake in the Bogo area of Cebu province was triggered by a shallow undersea fault line that has not moved for at least 400 years.