Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
List of earthquakes in the Philippines. Earthquakes in the Philippines. Tectonic map of the Philippines. Largest. Mw 8.3 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake. Deadliest. M w 8.0 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake 5,000–8,000 killed. The Philippines lies within the zone of complex interaction between several tectonic plates, involving multiple subduction zones ...
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. This work was first published in the Philippines and is ...
Earthquake. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) initially reported a magnitude 6.5 earthquake striking at 8:03 am Philippine Standard Time (PST) in Cataingan, Masbate. The report was later revised to a magnitude 6.6 earthquake. The earthquake was also felt in several parts of Luzon and the Visayas.
The 2002 Mindanao earthquake struck the Philippines at 05:16 Philippine Standard Time on March 6 (21:16 Coordinated Universal Time on March 5). The world's sixth most powerful earthquake of the year, it registered a magnitude of 7.5 and was a megathrust earthquake. It originated near the Cotabato Trench, a zone of deformation situated between ...
0–9. 1628 Camarines earthquake. 1645 Luzon earthquake. 1863 Manila earthquake. 1879 Surigao earthquake. 1880 Southern Luzon earthquakes. 1897 Mindanao earthquakes. 1913 Sulawesi–Mindanao earthquake. 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake.
The Manila earthquake on June 3, 1863, destroyed Manila Cathedral, the Ayuntamiento (city hall), the Governor's Palace (all three located at the time on Plaza Mayor, now Plaza de Roma) and much of the city. The residence of the governor-general was moved to Malacañang Palace located about 3 km (1.9 miles) up the Pasig River, while the other ...
16 killed, 47 injured [3] On August 17, 1983, at 20:17 PST ( UTC+08:00 ), an earthquake struck the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The shock had a surface wave magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ), killing 16 people and injuring 47. Seven towns were damaged, several buildings collapsed, and electricity was ...
0–9. 1913 Sulawesi–Mindanao earthquake. 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake. 1948 Lady Caycay earthquake. 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake. Categories: Earthquakes in the Philippines. Megathrust earthquakes in Asia. Megathrust earthquakes by country.