Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines: With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909Saderra Masó, Miguel
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Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines: With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909
| | |the churches of the Jesuits, San Miguel,
| | |and Paco, the church and _convento_ at
| | |Pandacan (near Manila), and many houses.
| | |It is stated that the damage was
| | |(relatively) vastly greater in the
| | |Provinces of Bataan, Cavite, and Batangas,
| | |where many fissures opened and subsidences
| | |and landslides occurred. The zone most
| | |severely chastised seems to have stretched
| | |from the Zambales Mountain Range as far as
| | |the coasts of Batangas and Northern
| | |Mindoro. Aftershocks were frequent until
| | |the middle of October.
| | |
50 |1852 IX 25 -- -- | VI |Very strong earthquake in Camarines and
| | |Albay Provinces.
| | |
51 |1852 XII 24 -- -- | IX |Destructive earthquake in Batangas
| | |Province and northern Mindoro. Ruined
| | |many buildings, among which were the
| | |church of Taal and the church and
| | |_convento_ of Bauang; the church of
| | |Batangas likewise suffered severely.
| | |
52 |1853 -- -- -- -- |VIII |Destructive earthquake in Camarines
| | |Province. Made ruins in many towns of the
| | |southeastern part of the province, express
| | |mention being made of the church,
| | |_convento_, tribunal, and the schools of
| | |Pulangui.
| | |
53 |1855 III 22 -- -- |VIII |Very violent earthquake in southeastern
| | |Luzon. Caused likewise some ruins in the
| | |Provinces of Camarines, Albay, and
| | |Sorsogon.
| | |
54 |1858 -- -- -- -- | VI |Very strong earthquakes throughout the
| | |district of Cotabato and the south of
| | |Lanao district; but it is not known
| | |whether they caused extensive damages.
| | |
55 |1862 III 4 17 30 | VII |Violent earthquake; cracked some buildings
| | |in Manila and the neighboring provinces.
| | |
56 |1862 VII 13 16 2 | VII |Violent earthquake which displayed its
| | |greatest intensity to the east-northeast
| | |of Manila, in the vicinity of Casiguran
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