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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.
Earthquake duration lasted about 7 minutes. Aftershocks experienced the whole year. [10] [11] 1645 November 30: 20:00 Luzon: 7.5 X 600 dead, 3,000 injured Dubbed as the "most terrible earthquake" in the annals of the Philippines. Greatly damaged ten newly constructed cathedrals in Manila, residential villas and buildings in the city and nearby ...
The 1879 Surigao earthquake occurred on June 30 at 18:38 02:55 local time on the northeastern tip of Mindanao. The earthquake with a moment magnitude (M w ) of 7.4 struck with an epicenter just south of Lake Mainit. Extensive damage occurred but there were no reports of casualties.
Main tectonic structures around the Philippines. The trench is associated with large megathrust earthquakes, including the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake (M 8.3), the 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake (M 8.0) and the 2002 Mindanao earthquake (M 7.5). [5] [2]
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.3 on the moment magnitude scale, it had an estimated depth of 20 kilometers. The earthquake was 75 kilometers South southwest of Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat. [2] A station at Butuan in northern Mindanao registered over 600 aftershocks before the end of August, with 250 recorded by the end of August 16. [1] [6]
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 ]
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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.