'Coastal uplift', not a vanishing sea, reshaped Mindanao’s beaches overnight

Formerly submerged corals found exposed

A powerful earthquake that killed at least 61 people in the Philippines this week raised the seabed by as much as 2 meters, exposing coral and harming marine life, the environment…

NO LONGER SUBMERGED. A coastal uplift was observed in parts of Sarangani and Davao Occidental following a magnitude 7.8 offshore earthquake on June 8. PHOTO COURTESY OF PROVINCIAL…

'Coastal uplift', not a vanishing sea, reshaped Mindanao’s beaches overnight

The tectonic forces that caused last week’s 7.8-magnitude quake also thrust chunks of the island’s coastline about two metres upwards.

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