An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines on Monday, 8th June, 2026, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), killing more than a dozen people and triggering scenes of panic as buildings collapsed to the ground and emergency sirens blared in parts of the archipelago.

The quake struck around 07:37 a.m. local time at a depth of about 35 kilometers (21.7 miles), the USGS said, adding that the tremors were “notable.”

In a report monitored on CNN, at least 35 people were killed and over 200 others injured in the aftermath, the Associated Press reported.

Thirteen people were killed in a landslide set off by the earthquake in Sarangani province, according to disaster authorities.

The Philippines, Indonesia and Japan are situated in the so-called Ring of Fire, an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Just last year, the deadliest quake to hit the Philippines in more than a decade ripped through the nation, killing at least 74 people on the central island of Cebu.