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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 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 ]
On Luzon, the fault zone splays out into a number of different faults, including the Digdig Fault. One of the largest historical earthquake on the fault zone was the 1990 Luzon M s 7.8 event that left nearly 2,000 people dead or missing. The same part of the fault zone is thought to have ruptured in the 1645 Luzon earthquake. [7]
The 1990 Panay earthquake occurred at 3:41 p.m. local time on 14 June 1990 with a moment magnitude of 7.1, leaving eight dead and 41 others injured. The epicenter was located at Culasi, Antique on Panay Island in the Philippines. The depth was computed to be 15 kilometers.
During the 1990 Luzon earthquake, the pass, which ran along the Digdig Fault that was the source of the rupture, [7] was closed due to 25 major landslides. The earthquake displaced two million cubic meters of debris [8] and loosed the area's soil, resulting in more landslides and road closures during heavy rains. [9]
1990 Luzon earthquake intensity map The southern parts of the region were severely hit by the 1990 Luzon earthquake . Five municipalities in La Union were affected: Agoo , Aringay , Caba , Santo Tomas , and Tubao with a combined population of 132,208.
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.
Cabanatuan was near the epicenter of the infamous 1990 Luzon earthquake, which registered a 7.8 on the surface wave magnitude scale, at roughly 3 pm on July 16, 1990. It leveled some buildings, most notably the Christian College of the Philippines (Liwag Colleges) in the midst of class time, and killed 1,653 people.