A collapsed building is seen after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in General Santos City in Philippines. AFPA collapsed building is seen after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in General Santos City in Philippines. AFPAuthorities ⁠are verifying reports of at least ⁠five deaths ​in ⁠the ‌southern ​city of General SantosThe NationalJune 08, 2026HeadphonesBookmarkA 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday, triggering tsunami warnings.​A ​Philippine ⁠disaster official said ⁠​that authorities ⁠are verifying reports of at least ⁠five deaths ​in ⁠the ‌southern ​city of General Santos. Agripino Dacera, the disaster management chief in General Santos, said ​the ‌fatalities ⁠are still ​being ​verified ‌as authorities assess ⁠the extent ⁠of the damage on the ground.Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said authorities were moving fast to coordinate disaster response."The national government is moving and we will not leave Mindanao behind," Marcos said in a statement.Tsunami warnings were also issued in neighbouring Indonesia but later removed.The Philippines and Indonesia experience hundreds of quakes each year and sit on tectonically complex parts of the "Pacific Ring of Fire", a seismically active belt stretching from South America to the Russian Far East.Updated: June 08, 2026, 3:36 AMMost popular today12345678910