June 8, 2026
Responders conduct a rescue operation at a collapsed building after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in General Santos City on June 8, 2026. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on June 8, killing at least 15 people, collapsing buildings and sparking tsunami warnings across the region. (Photo by Ferdinandh Cabrera / AFP)
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the southern Philippines on Monday killed at least 31 people, according to provincial authorities, after toppling buildings and sparking tsunami warnings across the region.
National disaster authorities said at least a dozen people were still missing, while 134 had sustained injuries.
Philippine authorities urged people in affected coastal regions to move to higher ground after the offshore quake hit south of General Santos, a city of about 720,000, where at least nine were killed.
