| | |preceding the quake, seven series of | | |violent shocks were felt. The earthquake | | |cracked many walls in the towns closest | | |to Lake Bombon. | | | 105 |1877 VII 5 12 7 | VII |Violent earthquake in Camarines, which did | | |no damage, but is remarkable on account of | | |its having been felt with considerable | | |force throughout a great part of Luzon and | | |the Visayas. It was followed by very many | | |aftershocks of variable intensity, 20 | | |having been recorded during the first 24 | | |hours following the earthquake. | | | 106 |1877 VII 23 16 24 | VII |Leyte Island. Very violent earthquake, | | |doing some harm in the northern part of | | |the island. | | | 107 |1878 VIII 13 12 14 | VI |Very strong earthquake of great extension. | | |Its epicenter was southwest of Luzon, near | | |the western coast of Cavite and Zambales | | |Provinces. It was felt intensely from | | |Mindoro to the Provinces of Union and | | |Isabela. | | | 108 |1878 IX 17 0 50 | VII |Violent earthquake to the west of the | | |Gulf of Davao, in the neighborhood of Apo | | |Volcano. Many buildings of Davao suffered | | |seriously. Repetitions were frequent | | |until the 22d. | | | 109 |1879 VII 1 2 38 | X |Surigao Peninsula. Destructive earthquake, | | |with disastrous results to buildings and | | |the topography of the region. Not a single | | |stone building remained inhabitable, | | |although some of them, like the church, | | |government house, and prison at Surigao, | | |were of most solid construction. Besides | | |the opening of innumerable fissures and | | |vast landslides on the coasts and in the | | |mountains, there occurred extensive | | |subsidences: several accurate observations | | |seem to prove that a great part of the | | |peninsula was depressed by about 2 feet. | | |In short, this earthquake was one of those