As of now, reports indicate the death toll has risen to 46, with 17 people missing and 487 injured.
Meanwhile, rescue teams continue searching for missing people in the hardest-hit areas.
According to Rafaelito Alejandro, an official from the Philippine Civil Defense Office, the majority of the additional victims came from Davao Occidental province, mostly dying from landslides or being buried under collapsed structures.
According to the Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), as of June 10, the earthquake damaged approximately 238 infrastructure facilities, including hospitals, schools, and bridges, along with nearly 3,000 homes.
According to the agency, the disaster affected more than 33,000 households, equivalent to about 150,000 people, of whom more than 41,000 had to be evacuated.
Many areas are still experiencing aftershocks across much of Mindanao and parts of central Mindanao, with more than 1,700 tremors having occurred since the main earthquake.
Amid dangerous aftershocks, Philippine rescue forces are racing against time to conduct search and rescue operations in affected areas, particularly in the hardest-hit regions of Sarangani and South Cotabato provinces.
In 1976, an 8.1 magnitude earthquake in the Cotabato Trench triggered a massive tsunami, killing approximately 8,000 people.
According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, this was the strongest earthquake in the country in about 50 years. The Philippines lies on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an area prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity.
