One of the buildings at the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University in General Santos City collapsed after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Mindanao on Monday, June 8, 2026. The powerful tremor prompted evacuations and damage assessments across several areas in southern Mindanao. —Photo courtesy of Br. Manuel de Leon, president of Notre Dame of Dadiangas University
MANILA, Philippines — State seismologists lifted the tsunami warning on Monday following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Mindanao.
Earlier, Phivolcs issued a tsunami warning, forecasting waves of more than a meter above the normal tides to occur between 7:37 a.m. and 9:37 a.m.
“After the extended two-hour observation period, minor sea level disturbances continued to be recorded; however, these observed wave heights are too small to cause damage,” Phivolcs said in its advisory.
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