STORY: :: A strong magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao

:: General Santos City, Philippines/June 8, 2026

:: Philippine Red Cross

:: Philippine Red Cross photos show a partially collapsed building and a damaged building facade

A Philippine disaster official said on Monday that authorities are verifying reports of at least five deaths in the southern city of General Santos.

Reuters was able to verify the location of the photos from business signage, buildings and a church which matched archive imagery of the area. The date was verified by local officials.

The Philippines and Indonesia experience hundreds of quakes each year and sit on tectonically complex parts of the "Pacific Ring of Fire," a seismically active belt stretching from South America to the Russian Far East.