Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes off southern Philippines near site of June 8 major quake

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines — A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck conscionable disconnected the confederate seashore of Mindanao, the largest land successful the confederate Philippines, astir 7:30 p.m. section clip Friday.

The quake struck successful the aforesaid portion arsenic a magnitude 7.8 earthquake connected June 8 that killed astatine slightest 61 radical and follows large earthquakes successful Venezuela and Japan earlier this week. 

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This photograph shows a damaged gathering aft a 7.8 magnitude earthquake successful General Santos City connected June 8, 2026. 

(Photo by Edwin Espejo / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)

According to the USGS, the epicenter was astir 22 miles southbound of Balangonan, Philippines, astatine a extent of 33 miles. The quake was felt successful General Santos, 1 of the largest cities successful the confederate Philippines.

There was nary contiguous connection connected the grade of immoderate harm oregon injuries.

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The Philippines is 1 of the astir seismically progressive countries successful the satellite owed to its determination connected the progressive Pacific Ring of Fire — the massive, 25,000-mile ringing of volcanoes and tectonic sheet boundaries wherever 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur.

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