Deadly Mindanao quake raised seabed, causing marine die-off
A powerful earthquake that killed at least 61 people in the Philippines this week raised the seabed by as much as two metres (6.6 feet), exposing coral and harming marine life, the environment department said on Sunday. The 7.8-magnitude tremor in southern Mindanao island on Mond
AdvertisementThe PhilippinesAsiaSoutheast AsiaDeadly Mindanao quake raised seabed, causing marine die-offThe 7.8-magnitude tremor on Monday killed at least 61 people in the Philippines and left at least 40 people missing1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 5:30pm, 14 Jun 2026A powerful earthquake that killed at least 61 people in the Philippines this week raised the seabed by as much as two metres (6.6 feet), exposing coral and harming marine life, the environment department said on Sunday.
The 7.8-magnitude tremor in southern Mindanao island on Monday has also left at least 40 people missing, according to updated tolls from the disaster agency.Local residents first reported the geological phenomenon known as “coastal uplift” two days after the quake, which extended the shoreline by as much as 200 metres in some places, the environment department said.
AdvertisementA shifting of the Cotabato Trench “pushed upward part of the coastlines of Sarangani and Davao Occidental [provinces] … exposing the bottom of the sea that was originally submerged”, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in a statement.“Approximately [two metres] was the mapped uplift.”
A man stands on a blocked road after a major landslide triggered by an earthquake, in Sarangani Province, the Philippines, on Thursday. Photo: XinhuaThe Cotabato Trench, which lies as close as 50 kilometres (31 miles) off the coast of southern Mindanao, is the site of frequent seismic activity, including a “swarm” of thousands of mostly small earthquakes recorded in January.AdvertisementSelect VoiceSelect Speed0.
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