| | |many private houses. Frightened by the | | |continual repetitions, people left the | | |city to live in nipa houses and under | | |tents. The undulations seemed to come | | |from north-northwest. | | | 45 |1828 XI 9 18 30 |VIII |Destructive earthquake. Damaged several | | |churches in Manila, likewise the prison | | |and many private residences. The shocks | | |appeared to advance from south to north. | | | 46 |1830 I 18 17 -- | IX |Southern Luzon. Destructive in the | | |Provinces of Rizal, Laguna, and Tayabas. | | |In Manila the damage was confined to the | | |cracking of walls and the falling of such | | |as had little power of resistance; but | | |toward Laguna and Tayabas the destruction | | |was greater; the complete destruction of | | |the church and _convento_ of Mauban is | | |expressly mentioned. | | | ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ No. | Date. |Intensity. | | | Epicenter and effects. ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ | _Y. M. d. h. m._ | | 47 |1836 I 5 -- -- | VII |Very violent earthquake in western | | |Mindanao. The epicenter was in Illana | | |Bay. Severe shocks were felt in Cotabato | | |and Zamboanga, 250 kilometers distant | | |from each other. | | | 48 |1840 -- -- -- -- | IX |Destructive earthquake in Sorsogon and | | |Masbate. Ruined the masonry buildings. In | | |Sorsogon Bay extensive subsidences | | |occurred; the sea invaded the town, | | |causing great destruction and claiming | | |many victims. | | | 49 |1852 IX 16 18 45 | IX |Central Luzon. Destructive earthquake | | |which made itself felt with violence in | | |the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna, Cavite, | | |Batangas, Tayabas, Bataan, Zambales, | | |Pampanga, Bulacan, and Nueva Ecija. In | | |Manila it damaged severely a great number | | |of buildings, among them the cathedral and