BREAKINGBREAKING, <\/p>\n
Officials in Indonesia, Philippines and Japan warn of possible tsunami waves after quake off Mindanao.<\/p>\n
Published On 8 Jun 20268 Jun 2026<\/p>\n
A powerful earthquake has struck the Philippines, destroying buildings and triggering tsunami alerts across Asia.<\/p>\n
The magnitude 7.8 quake struck off the island of Mindanao shortly before 7:40am local time (23:40 GMT Sunday), according to the United States Geological Survey.<\/p>\n
Video posted on official social media channels showed a three-storey building that housed a Jollibees restaurant collapsing in a cloud of debris and dust in Mindanao\u2019s General Santos City, startling onlookers.<\/p>\n
Other images showed extensive damage to buildings, including smashed windows and caved-in roofs.<\/p>\n
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said on Monday morning that emergency agencies had been activated, including the Office of Civil Defence and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.<\/p>\n
Marcos urged people to follow government advisories about the risk of hazardous tsunami waves.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo our kababayans [countrymen] in the affected provinces, please heed the tsunami warning. Move to higher ground now. Do not wait. Your life is more important than anything left behind,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n
Marcos said schools across several provinces of Mindanao had also been closed for the day.<\/p>\n
The US-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said earlier that tsunami waves as high as 3 metres (9.8 feet) could hit coastal areas of the Philippines, and waves of up to 1 metre (3.3ft) were possible in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.<\/p>\n
The US National Tsunami Warning Center, which downgraded the quake from an earlier estimate of magnitude 8.2, said the quake posed no threat to coastal areas of the US.<\/p>\n
Officials in Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan have issued alerts warning of possible hazardous waves and advising citizens in coastal areas to get to safety.<\/p>\n
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said people in coastal areas of nine provinces \u2013 including Sarangani, Davao Occidental, Tawi-tawi and Sulu \u2013 should immediately evacuate to higher ground or further inland.<\/p>\n
\u201cOwners of boats in harbors, estuaries or shallow coastal water of the above-mentioned provinces should secure their boats and move away from the waterfront,\u201d PHIVOLCS said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoats already at sea during this period should stay offshore in deep waters until further advised.\u201d<\/p>\n
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