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Earthquake of magnitude 8.2 strikes Mindanao, Philippines, GFZ says

An earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck Mindanao in the Philippines on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said.

GFZ earlier pegged the earthquake at 7.3. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat to the earthquake.

(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Tom Hogue)

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This story was originally published June 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM.

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