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The subduction zones that surround most of the archipelago are the source of many of the larger earthquakes that strike the Philippines. This includes both faulting along the plate interfaces and within the subducting slabs. For the Philippine Trench, examples of those on the plate interface are the 1988 M w 7.3 and the 2023 M7.6 events.
"Pioneering Disaster Risk Index (DRI) Tool". United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Provides key information on all countries in the world. "World's Worst Natural Disasters" Includes list of world's deadliest disasters in history.
Earthquake 268 [6] 1968 Casiguran earthquake: Manila: 1762 Warfare 247 1762 Battle of Manila: Manila: 2000 Landslide 218–1,000 Payatas landslide: Quezon City: 1899 Warfare 165 Battle of Zapote River: Las Piñas: 1996 Fire 162 Ozone Disco fire: Quezon City: Recognized as the worst fire in Philippine history. 1896 Warfare 155 Battle of San Juan ...
The 2017 Surigao earthquake occurred on February 10, 2017, at 10:03 PM , with a surface-wave magnitude of 6.7 off the coast of Surigao del Norte in the Philippines. According to the PHIVOLCS earthquake intensity scale the earthquake was an Intensity VII ( Destructive ) earthquake at maximum.
United States Geological Survey shake map for the 2019 Luzon earthquake; a maximum Mercalli intensity scale value of 6.6 was observed in Gutad, Floridablanca, Pampanga. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) initially reported an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 striking at 17:11 PST with an epicenter two kilometers N 28° E of Castillejos, Zambales.
An earthquake map of the Philippines from 1862-1909, published in Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909, by Rev. Miguel Saderra Masó, SJ, published in Manila by the Bureau of Printing in 1910.
The 2019 Batanes earthquake was a magnitude 6.0 earthquake which struck Batanes, Philippines on July 27, 2019. It was preceded by a 5.4 magnitude foreshock . Nine people were killed by the combined effects of the earthquakes.
The earthquake struck at 8:18 PM [4] and had a surface wave magnitude of 6.5. [3] It was the most powerful earthquake to strike the Philippines in seven years. Shaking lasted 20 seconds and damaged seven towns extensively, [4] its greatest damage occurring near Pasuquin, Laoag, Sarrat, and Batac in the Ilocos Norte province.