Earthquake Permanently Raised Mindanao's Seabed by Six Feet

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit south of Mindanao on June 8, 2026, killing at least 61 people. The quake physically lifted the seafloor up to two metres—a rare event geologists witnessed in real time. This shift altered underwater topography and changed shorelines around Sarangani Bay, requiring new navigation maps. The type of fault that caused this typically triggers tsunamis.