Overview
- The United States Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 7.8 quake about 24 kilometers west-southwest of Burias, Philippines, occurring at roughly 11:37 p.m. UTC (7:37 a.m. local).
- The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and national agencies issued tsunami warnings and advisories for parts of the Philippines, Indonesia and nearby Pacific islands with forecasts of waves up to about three meters on some Philippine coasts.
- Local officials and videos on social media showed structural damage and partial building collapses in Mindanao, emergency teams initiated evacuations and rescues, and casualty and full-damage counts remain unclear.
- Early seismic readings varied between agencies—ranging roughly from magnitude 7.0 to 8.2 and reported depths near 10–35 km—and the USGS reported aftershocks up to about magnitude 6.1 as monitoring continued.
- U.S. agencies said there was no tsunami danger to the U.S. continental coast and Australia canceled its watch, but regional alerts and sea-level monitoring remain active as authorities assess impacts.