The Cebu Provincial Board has approved a resolution granting a P10 million calamity assistance to General Santos City, an area most devastated by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck off Sarangani Province.
The Board passed the resolution upon the request of Governor Pamela Baricuatro afternoon on June 8, 2026, hours after the quake hit at past 7 a.m. that day.
Baricuatro also directed the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) to coordinate with other disaster teams in Cebu to consolidate help for areas affected by the quake.
In Mandaue City, the City Council also discussed on June 8 what help the city can send to Mindanao.
Mandaue Mayor Jonkie Ouano said the city will also provide financial assistance to General Santos City.
Ouano said he thought, initially, of sending an emergency team to Mindanao but decided that financial aid is more practical as the recipient LGU can use the money the best way it sees fit.
a magnitude 6.9 quake days earlier that killed 76 people and destroyed or damaged 72,000 buildings in Cebu province in central Philippines, according to government figures.
Images that have come out of General Santos City showed buildings and other structures destroyed or damaged by the quake.
General Santos felt Intensity VII.
The following areas felt the corresponding intensities when the quake hit:
- Intensity VII – City of General Santos
- Intensity VI - Palimbang, and Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat
- Intensity V – City of Davao; City of Kidapawan, and Carmen, Cotabato; Bagumbayan,
- Kalamansig, and President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat; Sibuco, and Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte
- Intensity IV - City of Mati, Davao Oriental; Buug, Zamboanga Sibugay; Caraga, Manay,
- and Tarragona, Davao Oriental
- Intensity III – City of Butuan; Mainit, Surigao del Norte; City of Dapitan,
- Zamboanga del Norte; Kumalarang, Vincenzo Sagun, Zamboanga del Sur
- Intensity II - City of Dipolog, Labason, Liloy, President Manuel A. Roxas, and Salug,
- Zamboanga del Norte; Alicia, Ipil, Mabuhay, Olutanga, and Siay, Zamboanga Sibugay;
- Molave, Zamboanga del Sur; Abuyog, and Dulag, Leyte; San Francisco, Southern Leyte
- Instrumental intensities:
- Intensity VIII - Malapatan, Sarangani
- Intensity VII - City of Koronadal, South Cotabato; Santa Maria, Davao Occidental
- Intensity VI – City of General Santos; T'boli, South Cotabato
- Intensity V - Maasim, Sarangani; Santo Niño, and Surallah, South Cotabato; Isulan,
- Lebak, and President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat; City of Davao; City of Digos, and
- Magsaysay, Davao del Sur
- Intensity IV - Kiamba, Malungon, Sarangani; Banga, and Tupi, South Cotabato; Magpet,
- and M'lang, Cotabato; Bagumbayan, and Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat;
- Nabunturan, Davao de Oro; City of Zamboanga
- Intensity III - Tantangan, South Cotabato; Columbio, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat; Alamada,
- Banisilan, Carmen, President Roxas, Cotabato; Kalilangan, Bukidnon; City of Gingoog, Misamis Oriental
- Intensity II - Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur; Tubod, Lanao del Norte; City of Malaybalay,
- and Libona, Bukidnon; Molave, Zamboanga del Sur; City of Cagayan de Oro; Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte; Balingasag, Misamis Oriental
- Intensity I - Malitbog, Bukidnon; Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental
On September 30, 2025, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Bogo City in northern Cebu, killing 76 people and destroying or damaging buildings in Cebu Province. The province received aid from different local government units, including those in Mindanao.
