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The 1990 Luzon earthquake occurred on July 16 at 4:26 p.m. or 3:26 p.m. on the densely populated island of Luzon in the Philippines.The shock had a surface-wave magnitude of 7.8 and produced a 125 km-long ground rupture that stretched from Dingalan, Aurora to Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya.
The damage caused by a tsunami at Barangay Tibpuan, Lebak, Mindanao after the 7.9 Moro Gulf Earthquake on August 16, 1976. The collapsed Hyatt Terraces Baguio Hotel in Baguio after the 1990 Luzon earthquake.
Since 1970, 11 other earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 or larger have occurred within 250 km (155 mi) of the July 27, 2022, earthquake. The largest of these earthquakes was a magnitude 7.7 strike-slip earthquake on July 16, 1990, located approximately 215 km (134 mi) south of the July 27 earthquake. At least 1,600 people died and more than 3,000 ...
A powerful undersea earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Friday, causing ceilings in shopping malls to plunge to the ground as shoppers screamed. No tsunami warning was in effect. The ...
A major earthquake measuring 7.4 hit Taiwan early Wednesday, killing 9 and injuring at least 1,000. A 7.4 earthquake is exponentially more destructive than the 4.8 quake that struck central New ...
The Hyatt Terraces Baguio, opened in September of 1976 as the Terraces Plaza Hotel, was a 12-storey hotel located along South Drive in Baguio, Philippines.It was the only five-star International hotel outside the National Capital Region during its time until the hotel was destroyed during the 1990 Luzon earthquake.
Baguio (UK: / ˈ b æ ɡ i oʊ / BAG-ee ... The 1990 Luzon earthquake (M s = 7.7) destroyed some parts of Baguio and the surrounding province of Benguet on the ...
Moderately damaging earthquakes strike between New York and Wilmington, Delaware, about twice a century, the USGS said, and smaller earthquakes are felt in the region roughly every two to three years.