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A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Monday (June 15, 2026), the USA Geological Survey stated, per week after a lethal quake in the identical area killed not less than 65 folks.
The quake hit off the coast of Mindanao island at 5:18 p.m. (0918 GMT) at a depth of 112 kilometres (69.5 miles), the USGS reported. No tsunami warning has been issued.
There have been no instant experiences of accidents or injury, Kaiser Cadiz, of the Davao Oriental provincial catastrophe workplace, instructed AFP.
“Our precedence now could be to watch the coast to find out if there are indications the water had receded (a warning of an impending tsunami),” she stated, including none had been noticed thus far.
The 7.8-magnitude tremor that hit Mindanao on June 8 introduced down buildings, triggered landslides, and displaced hundreds on the southern island whereas setting off tsunami warnings throughout the area.
The nationwide catastrophe company on Monday (June 15, 2026) raised the demise toll from that quake to 65. No less than 36 folks stay unaccounted for.
Earthquakes are a near-daily prevalence within the Philippines, which is located on the Pacific “Ring of Fireplace”, an arc of intense seismic exercise stretching from Japan by Southeast Asia and throughout the Pacific basin.
Japanese Mindanao was rocked by a pair of earthquakes of magintudes 7.4 and 6.7 in October that killed not less than eight folks.
Revealed – June 15, 2026 04:27 pm IST