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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 Hyatt Terraces Baguio, opened in September 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.
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.
The 1990 Luzon earthquake caused widespread damage in the Philippines. The earthquake produced a 125 km-long ground rupture that stretched from Dingalan, Aurora to Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya . The event was a result of strike-slip movements along the Philippine Fault and the Digdig Fault within the Philippine fault system . [ 109 ]
[citation needed] The 1990 Luzon earthquake further devastated Baguio's old buildings, which include 28 collapsed buildings such as hotels, factories, government and university buildings, and many private homes and establishments. [83] Baguio's current landscape is mostly of contemporary architecture. [citation needed]
July 16 – An earthquake with a 7.8 M s strikes Luzon. [10] It kills around 2,000 and leaves damages of at least ₱10-billion, mainly from Metro Manila and regions in northern and central Luzon, especially Baguio, the most devastated, as well as Dagupan and Cabanatuan. [11] [12] [13]
In 2008, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, claiming the lives of at least 70,000 people, the deadliest quake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan quake that killed at least 242,000.
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