At 9.43 am on 10 October 2025, a powerful earthquake struck off the southern coast of the Philippines, with agencies recording a magnitude of 7.6. The tremor, centred near the province of Davao Oriental, sent residents rushing from their homes and triggered tsunami warnings across coastal areas.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said the quake's epicentre lay about ten kilometres beneath the seabed, a shallow depth that amplified its impact across Mindanao and nearby islands. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued alerts for coastal zones within 300 kilometres of the epicentre but later confirmed that a widespread tsunami was unlikely.
