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Ten deadliest recorded earthquakes in the Philippines since the 1600s Magnitude Location Date Deaths Missing Injured Damage Source 1 8.0 Moro Gulf: August 16, 1976 4,791 2,288 9,928 2 7.8 Luzon Island: July 16, 1990 1,621 1,000 >3,000 ₱ 10 billion 3 Unknown Manila: June 3, 1863 1,000 [11] 4 7.5 Luzon Island: November 30, 1645 >600 >3,000 ...
Ten deadliest recorded earthquakes in the Philippines since the 1600s Magnitude Origin Location Date Mortality Missing Injured Damages Source 1 7.9 Tectonic Moro Gulf: August 16, 1976 4791 2288 9928 2 7.8 Tectonic Luzon Island: July 16, 1990 1621 1000 More than 3000 ₱10 billion 3 7.5 Tectonic Luzon Island: November 30, 1645 More than 600
The earthquake was accompanied by a destructive tsunami that resulted in a majority of the estimated 5,000 to 8,000 fatalities. It was the deadliest and strongest earthquake in the Philippines in 58 years since the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake.
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.
It was the deadliest earthquake in the Philippines in 23 years since the 1990 Luzon earthquake. The energy released by the quake was equivalent to 32 of the bombs dropped in Hiroshima. [11] Previously, Bohol was also hit by an earthquake on February 8, 1990 that damaged several buildings and caused a tsunami. [12] [13]
The 2002 Mindanao earthquake struck the Philippines at 05:16 Philippine Standard Time on March 6 (21:16 Coordinated Universal Time on March 5). The world's sixth most powerful earthquake of the year , it registered a magnitude of 7.5 and was a megathrust earthquake .
MANILA (Reuters) -Evacuations were under way in the Philippines after a quake of at least magnitude 7.5 struck the southern region of Mindanao on Saturday night, triggering tsunami warnings in the ...
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.