MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Long stretches of shoreline are now visible, while coral reef and seagrass beds have been exposed at the Pangyan Marine Sanctuary in Barangay Pangyan, Glan, Sarangani Province, following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck parts of Mindanao on June 8.
This was confirmed through an aerial survey and ground validation conducted on June 11 by the Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Mines and Geosciences Bureau (DENR-MGB) in Soccsksargen (Region XII).
In an advisory dated June 13, which DENR Soccsksargen posted on its Facebook page on Sunday morning, June 14, the agency said the uplift raised the seabed by approximately two meters and extended the shoreline by about 200 meters, exposing extensive areas of coral reefs and seagrass beds.
The assessment was conducted following reports from concerned residents of Glan on June 10, noting that sea levels in the area had remained unusually low and had not returned to normal since the earthquake. The situation resulted in the exposure of coral reefs and seagrass beds, particularly within the Pangyan Marine Sanctuary in Barangay Pangyan, Glan, Sarangani Province.
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