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Relative position of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off General Santos City on Monday morning, June 8.
Phivolcs
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 8:27 a.m.) — A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off General Santos City on Monday morning, June 8, with strong shaking felt across parts of Mindanao and some areas in the Visayas, state seismology bureau Phivolcs said.
In a bulletin, the state seismology agency said the quake was recorded 7:37 a.m. at a depth of 10 kilometers and was located 13 kilometers south, 0 degrees west of General Santos City.
Phivolcs said the ground shaking was felt in the following areas:
- Intensity 7 — General Santos City
- Intensity 6 — Palimbang and Sen. Ninoy Aquino in Sultan Kudarat.
- Intensity 5 — Davao City; Kidapawan and Carmen in Cotabato; Bagumbayan, Kalamansig and President Quirino in Sultan Kudarat; and Sibuco and Siocon in Zamboanga del Norte.
- Intensity 4 — Mati City in Davao Oriental; Buug in Zamboanga Sibugay; and Caraga, Manay and Tarragona in Davao Oriental.
Weaker shaking was also reported in parts of Surigao del Norte, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Leyte and Southern Leyte.
Instrumental intensities were recorded in Koronadal City, Sarangani and Santa Maria, Davao Occidental; Intensity V in Davao City; and Intensity III in Abuyog, Leyte, San Francisco, Southern Leyte, and Dulag, Leyte.
Intensity 7, such as that reported in General Santos City, is classified by as "destructive," while Intensity 6, reported in parts of Sultan Kudarat, is classified as "very strong."
The public has also been warned of aftershocks.
