| | |opened in the entire Province of Batangas | | |and likewise in Cavite Province, up to | | |Lake Bay. As the shocks occurred during | | |many days, the majority of Manila's | | |inhabitants abandoned the Walled City and | | |lived under tents or in structures of | | |bamboo and nipa. The greatest force of | | |the earthquakes and, consequently, the | | |greatest upheavals seem to have occurred | | |in the region stretching from Taal Volcano | | |toward Talim Island (Lake Bay) and the | | |Antipolo Mountain Range. | | | | | |Repetitions and aftershocks were frequent | | |during nearly a year. | | | 28 |1754 V 15 21 -- | X |Another eruption of Taal Volcano, the most | | |terrible in the history of the Islands. | | |All the towns which surrounded Lake Bombon | | |were destroyed completely. When rebuilt, | | |they were placed at a distance from the | | |lake. There occurred most violent | | |earthquakes which produced disasters in | | |the neighboring provinces equal too, if | | |not exceeding those of 1749. The spasms, | | |separated by intervals of greater or less | | |duration, lasted 7 months, the principal | | |outbursts being always accompanied by very | | |intense earthquakes which made themselves | | |felt throughout a large part of Luzon, on | | |Mindoro Island, and northern Panay. | | | 29 |1766 XII 7 10 45 | VII |A violent earthquake, but did very slight | | |damage in Manila. During the month many | | |more earthquakes of less intensity were | | |felt; in fact they had been frequent ever | | |since the preceding August. There exist no | | |data concerning the provinces around | | |Manila. | | | 30 |1767 II 8 1 5 | VII |Manila and neighboring provinces. Violent | | |earthquake, preceded and followed by | | |numerous shocks of smaller intensity. | | | 31 |1767 XI 13 15 25 | VII |Very violent. In Manila a few walls fell