The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported one dead and three injured in Makilala after the earthquake,[2] and a total of 164 families affected in Cotabato Province.

[2] The Philippine islands were formed in evolutionary processes involving subductions, collisions, and strike-slip faulting.

The strongest aftershock rocked Cotabato and Davao del Sur the day after the main event.

In Davao del Sur, many students fainted and lost consciousness after the tremor, forcing class suspensions.

These faults may work with subduction zones to accommodate different components of regional tectonic strain in the slip partitioning system caused by the relative motion between the PSP and SP.

Characterizing the geometrical complexity of these source faults has great significance for understanding the seismotectonic implications of the large earthquakes occurring in Mindanao.