The welfare of overseas Filipino workers from the CARAGA Region remains intact following the powerful tremor that hit Mindanao earlier this week, with the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirming that none of its constituents in the area have been hurt, forced from their homes, or otherwise impacted.
That assurance covers OFWs and their relatives across Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur, and the Dinagat Islands. According to the DMW, none of these provinces has logged significant destruction to residences, government buildings, lifeline infrastructure, or private property.
The magnitude 7.8 quake originated off the southern coast of Mindanao on June 8, 2026. While the broader island bore the brunt of the disaster — national disaster agencies have reported dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries elsewhere in Mindanao — CARAGA was spared the worst because of its distance from the offshore epicenter. The DMW said residents there registered only light shaking, a finding supported by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, which logged Intensity III in Butuan City. No tsunami alert was raised for any part of the region after the quake.
The agency credited its assessment to round-the-clock observation and ongoing coordination with local government units and partner offices.
Even with the absence of reported harm, municipal and city engineering offices across CARAGA are anticipated to carry out structural and safety checks on buildings and other facilities. The DMW framed these inspections as a preventive step to confirm that structures remain sound for the people who use them.
The agency’s regional office indicated it would keep working alongside local authorities and other government bodies to protect migrant workers and their households as conditions in the region continue to be tracked.
