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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 ...
The epicenter of the earthquake was located near the Cotobato Trench; the magnitude of this megathrust earthquake was 7.5, the sixth strongest of the year. [2] It occurred in a zone of geologic deformation along the Sunda and Philippine Sea plates, which converge at a rate of 6 centimeters (2 in) each year. [3]
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 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake and tsunami occurred on August 17, 1976, at 00:11 local time near the islands of Mindanao and Sulu, in the Philippines. It measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale occurring at a depth of 20 km (12 mi). [ 2 ]
This quake was reported to be centered approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) deep and several miles off shore. It may have been related or consequential to the 1960 Valdivia quake, the strongest as recorded using modern technology. [79] This 2010 earthquake was the largest to affect Valdivia since the 1960 event.
Longest and strongest earthquake I’ve ever felt.” The epicentre of the 7.6 magnitude earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) “I’m in Davao city.
However, PHIVOLCS said that it was a separate earthquake. [10] On August 2, 2024, two M ww 6.8 and 6.3 earthquakes occurred within the area of the 2023 sequence. [11] [12] The December 2 earthquake was described as the first major earthquake in the area since a doublet 7.1 and 7.5 earthquake that also produced a tsunami in 1992. [13]
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.