Bogo city: Classes have been suspended in several areas in the Eastern Visayas region following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake near Bogo City, Cebu. The tremor was also felt in the provinces of Leyte and Samar, prompting precautionary measures across the affected areas.

According to Philippines News Agency, in Biliran province, Governor Rogelio Espina announced the suspension of classes for elementary and secondary schools to ensure the safety of students. Espina stated in a Facebook post that engineers from local government units and the Department of Public Works and Highways would first assess the structural integrity of school facilities before resuming classes.

Additional local government units that declared class suspensions include Calubian, Leyte, and Tabango towns in Leyte province; Catbalogan City and Jiabong in Samar; and Macrohon in Southern Leyte. Officials from these LGUs cited the need for structural integrity assessments as the reason for the suspensions.

Furthermore, the administrations of Samar Colleges in Catbalogan City and Southern Leyte State University in Sogod, Southern Leyte, also cancelled all face-to-face classes on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, several areas in Eastern Visayas experienced power outages starting Tuesday night. The outages were due to multiple line and generator tripping, which subsequently affected the Luzon-Visayas link, as reported by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

A yellow alert status was issued over the Visayas grid from 1 p.m. to midnight on Wednesday after 27 power plants became unavailable following the earthquake. A yellow alert indicates a limited margin between available power supply and demand.

In an advisory released Wednesday morning, NGCP reported a loss of approximately 1,444.1 megawatts (MW) after the power plants tripped due to the earthquake. The available capacity in the Visayas is approximately 1,888 MW, with peak demand around 1,839 MW.