No tsunami alerts for B.C. after 7.8 magnitude earthquake in southern Philippines
Posted June 7, 2026 5:17 pm.
Last Updated June 7, 2026 8:45 pm.
Environment Canada has not issued any tsunami alerts for British Columbia after a powerful earthquake in the Philippines.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 7.8 quake shook the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines early Monday.
No information on damage was immediately available.
The epicenter was 24.7 kilometers (15.3 miles) west-southwest of Burias, Philippines, and had a depth of 35 kilometers (22 miles). It struck at 7:37 a.m.
The Philippines, one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, is often hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of seismic faults around the ocean. The archipelago is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year.
— With a file from 1130 NewsRadio
