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
| | |part of the valley an area of many square
| | |kilometers subsided to a considerable
| | |extent. Repetitions were frequent
| | |throughout an entire year.
| | |
156 |1893 VII 1 4 8 | VII |Very violent earthquake in the valley of
| | |the Agusan River.
| | |
157 |1893 XII 24 0 24 | VI |Very strong earthquake in southeastern
| | |Luzon, northern Samar, and Masbate. The
| | |epicenter lay northeast of Masbate Island,
| | |close to Capul Island, on which latter the
| | |quake was violent. Repeated at 18h 2m of
| | |the same day.
| | |
158 |1894 II 10 0 42 |VIII |Destructive earthquake in southeastern
| | |Mindanao, having its epicenter in the
| | |region east of Davao Gulf. It produced
| | |many fissures and displacements in the
| | |mountains and cracked a few houses of wood
| | |in the towns of Mati and Sigaboy. The
| | |aftershocks continued on the 10th and
| | |11th, occurring at intervals of about 5
| | |minutes.
| | |
159 |1894 II 18 5 23 | VI |Very strong earthquake in the valley of
| | |the Agusan River which was repeated with
| | |the same intensity at 23h 58m of the 19th.
| | |
160 |1894 IV 2 2 34 | VI |Very strong earthquake in central Luzon,
| | |especially in Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, and
| | |Benguet.
| | |
161 |1894 VI 29 2 57 |VIII |Agusan River Valley. Destructive
| | |earthquake whose effects were similar to
| | |those of the earthquake on June 21, 1893
| | |(No. 155). The aftershocks, which had been
| | |felt ever since the latter disturbance,
| | |increased in force and frequency.
| | |
162 |1894 VI 30 5 50 | VII |Violent earthquake in Agusan River Valley.
| | |Repeated with the same intensity at 20h
| | |8m.
| | |
163 |1895 V 14 6 42 | VII |Northern Mindoro. Very violent earthquake
| | |which damaged considerably the church and
| | |_convento_ at Calapan, these being the
| | |only masonry buildings in the town. It was
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