A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday morning, 8 June, leaving at least one person dead, collapsing multiple commercial buildings, and triggering urgent regional tsunami warnings that forced thousands to flee to higher ground. The powerful undersea tremor, which shook the island of Mindanao at 7:37 a.m. local time, has generated widespread panic across the region as emergency teams struggle to reach trapped survivors.
Horrifying footage capturing the exact moment multi-storey structures gave way has flooded social media platforms, highlighting the immense scale of the destruction in real time.
