The death toll from a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the central Philippines late on Sept. 30 has reached 72 with another 294 people injured, as of Oct. 2. Government agencies have been mobilized to search for survivors and restore power and water.

The Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima in Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines, is seen on Oct. 1 after being severely damaged in a 6.9-magnitude earthquake the day before. (Photo by AP)

People stand next to a collapsed building in Bogo city, Cebu province, the Philippines, on Oct. 1. (AP Photo)

Fallen debris is seen outside a damaged Jollibee restaurant in Bogo on Oct. 1. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)

Rescuers check for survivors in the ruins of a collapsed building in Bogo on Oct. 1. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP)

Rescuers search for survivors in Bogo on Oct. 1. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP)

A rescue worker in Bogo on Oct. 1. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

Isagani Geliig touches the body of his son after it was pulled from the ruins of a collapsed building in Bogo on Oct. 1. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP)

Isagani Geliig and his son react as they sit beside a body bag containing the remains of their son and brother in Bogo on Oct. 1. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)

Patients wait outside the Cebu Provincial Hospital Bogo on Oct. 1. (Photo by AP)

Earthquake survivors hold a "Help" sign along a road in Medellin, Cebu province, on Oct. 2. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP)

Earthquake survivors set up tents in an open space in San Remigio, Cebu province, on Oct. 2. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP)

People charge their phones at an evacuation center in San Remigio on Oct. 2. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP)

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard along with medical personnel carry medical supplies on board the BRP Teresa Magbanua at the coast guard's headquarters in Manila on Oct. 1. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Reuters)

Friends and relatives of Janice Malinao, who died with her husband and two children in the Sept. 30 earthquake, attend her wake in Bogo on Oct. 2. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)

Rescuers have been racing against to save people trapped after a building at an Islamic boarding school collapsed in Indonesia on Sept. 29.

According to disaster authorities, the Al Khoziny school in Sidoarjo, East Java province, collapsed when its foundations could not support ongoing construction work on the upper floors, trapping dozens of students who were praying at the time.

Abdul Muhari, a spokesperson with the disaster mitigation agency, said in a statement on Oct. 2 that 59 people remained trapped, based on the school's list of absences and missing person reports filed by families.

Indonesia National Search and Rescue Agency officers look for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building at the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo, East Java province, on Sept. 30. Dozens of students were trapped in the collapse while performing Asr prayers. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

This aerial shot taken with a drone shows the rubble of the collapsed school building in Sidoarjo on Sept. 30. (Photo by Trisnadi/AP)

Search and rescue officers work through the night looking for people trapped under the collapsed building at the Al-Khoziny Islamic boarding school on Sept. 29. (Photo by Reuters)

Rescue workers search for survivors at the boarding school on Sept. 30. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

Indonesia National Search and Rescue Agency and paramedics prepare medicine and oxygen for survivors of the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School building collapse on Sept. 30. Survivors were referred to Siti Hajar Islamic Hospital and Sidoarjo Regional Hospital. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

Relatives read the names of victims of the collapsed boarding school building on Oct. 1. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

Relatives of victims of the building collapse console each other on Sept. 30. (Photo by Dipta Wahyu/Reuters)

People work in a public kitchen set up for relatives of victims of the collapsed boarding school building in Sidoarjo on Oct. 1. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

Family members wait as rescue work continues on Oct. 1. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP)

Rescue workers prepare an ambulance for survivors of the collapsed boarding school building in Sidoarjo on Sept. 30. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

Members of the search and rescue operations carry a relative of a victim of the building collapse on Oct. 1. (Photo by Dipta Wahyu/Reuters)

A rescue worker looks at what remains of the collapsed boarding school building on Sept. 30. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)