Nearly 88,000 affected by 7.8-magnitude quake, 22,690 remain displaced in Southern Philippines

Residents work to repair water supply systems on a cracked road following a deadly earthquake in General Santos, Philippines, on June 10, 2026. Nearly 88,000 people across southern Mindanao have been affected by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck southern Philippines on June 8, while more than 22,000 remain displaced as aftershocks continue, according to government and NGO figures. The quake has killed dozens of people, damaged infrastructure and homes, and caused residential buildings and poorly constructed houses to collapse, making it the strongest earthquake to hit the disaster-prone Southeast Asian country this year.