PHIVOLCS in the news as Philippines braces for quakes and volcanic alerts—coordinating alerts, evacuations, and risk communication. National science agency for volcanoes and seismology.
A May 8 eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera has trapped about 20 hikers; at least three have been reported killed and multiple others have been evacuated or injured. Authorities have said climbing was banned and are continuing search-and-rescue operations amid repeated eruptions and hazardous ash columns reaching about 10 km.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has struck off southern Mindanao near General Santos and Burias early Monday, June 8, 2026, triggering tsunami advisories for the Philippines, parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan. Authorities have ordered evacuations to higher ground; officials have not yet confirmed casualty totals but warn of likely fatalities and continued aftershocks.