50 years after the 1976 Moro Gulf tsunami, are coastal residents and LGUs tsunami-ready?

50 years after the 1976 Moro Gulf tsunami, are coastal residents and LGUs tsunami-ready?

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 August 2026) – August 17, 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the Magnitude 8.2 quake that struck at 12:11 a.m. and triggered a tsunami along the Moro Gulf that, according to a 1978 report for the Special Committee on Tsunami Warning System prepared for the National Committee on Marine Sciences and National Science Development Board, left at least 8,000 dead or missing, some 10,000 injured and about 90,000 homeless. If …