Japan has provided satellite imagery of areas damaged by the recent magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Mindanao to support its ''early recovery'' from the damage caused by the June 8 earthquake

The Embassy of Japan in the Philippines announced on Tuesday that "since 9 June 2026, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been providing emergency observation and satellite images of the situation in southern Mindanao taken by JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) ALOS-2/4 (Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2/4) through the international cooperation framework of Sentinel Asia."

"Japan will continue to work closely with the Philippines to support its early recovery from the damages caused by the earthquake," the Embassy stated.

According to the Embassy, "Sentinel Asia, established in 2006 by the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF), is an international framework for disaster management in which images from Earth observation satellites and other sources are provided to each other in the event of a disaster."

"Led by Japan, with JAXA serving as the secretariat, the APRSAF is composed of 127 space and disaster management organizations," it added.

As of Tuesday, the death toll due to the magnitude 7.8 quake reached 68 with 33 still missing.

The affected population also increased to 338,000 families or 1.38 million individuals.

Aside from the over a billion damage to infrastructure, the OCD also recorded 29.9 million pesos worth of damage to agriculture because of the tremor. Robina Asido/PHS