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Rowegie Abanto

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1780877502350719100596_1319946333662661_3178952822996004121_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Phivolcs issues tsunami warning after M7.O offshore GenSan quake. <em>Phivolcs</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — State seismology agency Phivolcs issued a tsunami warning Monday morning following a magnitude 7.0 offshore earthquake in General Santos City.</p><p>In an advisory, Phivolcs said &quot;it is expected to experience wave heights of more than one meter above the normal tides and may be higher on enclosed bays and straits.&quot;</p><p>The first tsunami waves may arrive between 07:37 a.m. to 09:37 a.m. and they could continue for hours, it said.</p><p>It urged residents in coastal areas of the following provinces to immediate evacuate to higher grounds or move farther inland.</p><div><br/></div><ul style="list-style-type:circle"><li>Sarangani</li><li>Davao Occidental</li><li>Tawi-tawi</li><li>Sulu</li><li>Basilan</li><li>Zamboanga Del Sur</li><li>Zamboanga Sibugay</li><li>Sultan Kudarat</li><li>South Cotabato</li></ul><div><br/></div><p>&quot;Owners of boats in harbors, estuaries or shallow coastal water of the above-mentioned provinces should secure their boats and move away from the waterfront. Boats already at sea during this period should stay offshore in deep waters until further advised,&quot; Phivolcs said.</p><div><br/></div><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div><div> </div><p>.</p>

<p>State seismology agency Phivolcs issued a tsunami warning Monday morning following a magnitude 7.0 offshore earthquake in General Santos City.</p>

State seismology agency Phivolcs issued a tsunami warning Monday morning following a magnitude 7.0 offshore earthquake in General Santos City.

Phivolcs issues tsunami warning after magnitude 7.0 offshore quake in GenSan

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Phivolcs issues tsunami warning after magnitude 7.0 offshore quake in GenSan

Rowegie Abanto,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 08, 2026 08:20 AM PHT

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Updated June 08, 2026 08:25 AM PHT

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