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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
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 ...
Earthquake 268 [6] 1968 Casiguran earthquake: Manila: 1762 Warfare 247 1762 Battle of Manila: Manila: 2000 Landslide 218–1,000 Payatas landslide: Quezon City: 1899 Warfare 165 Battle of Zapote River: Las Piñas: 1996 Fire 162 Ozone Disco fire: Quezon City: Recognized as the worst fire in Philippine history. 1896 Warfare 155 Battle of San Juan ...
Before and after the eruption: a river valley filled in by pyroclastic flow deposits. The eruption of Pinatubo severely hampered the economic development of the surrounding areas. The gross regional domestic product of the Pinatubo area accounted for about 10% of the total Philippine gross domestic product. The GRDP had been growing at 5% ...
The Philippine Commission enacts the Sedition Act December 14 An earthquake estimated of magnitude 7.8 shakes Lucena City. 1902 January The first labor union of The Country, Union de Litografose Impresores de Filipinas, is organized. January 21 The Philippine Commission calls for the organization of Public Schools in the Philippines. March 30
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1852 - September: Earthquake. [17] 1859 [18] Escuela Municipal de Manila, the precursor of the Ateneo de Manila University was founded. The Ilustración Filipina magazine started its publication. 1863 - 3 June: Earthquake. [12] 1865 - The Manila Observatory was founded. 1866 - The Canal de la Reina was dug in Binondo. [19] 1870 - 23 March: Fire ...
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by discoveries of Earth's tectonic plates, [1] seismotomography imaging technique, [2] observations using space satellites from outer space, [3] artificial intelligence (AI)-based ...