| | |preceded by two of less severity at | | |18h 10m and 18h 36m. | | | 178 |1899 XII 26 4 20 | VI |Very strong earthquake in the Agusan River | | |Valley. | | | 179 |1900 VIII 14 4 14 | VI |Very strong earthquake in Masbate and | | |northern Cebu. | | | 180 |1901 IX 10 8 30 | VII |Very violent earthquake in eastern | | |Tayabas; damaged the church of Calauag and | | |other towns on the eastern shores of Lamon | | |Bay. Large fissures opened on the beach | | |and the water became very turbid; dead | | |fishes were likewise found. | | | 181 |1901 XII 15 6 58 | VII |Very violent earthquake in southern Luzon. | | |Some towns in Batangas Province suffered | | |slight damage. | | | ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ No. | Date. |Intensity. | | | Epicenter and effects. ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ | _Y. M. d. h. m._ | | 182 |1902 VII 12 21 47 | VI |Northeastern Mindanao. Very strong | | |earthquake with epicenter in Butuan Bay. | | |Two repetitions, which occurred on the | | |13th, showed little intensity. | | | 183 |1902 VIII 21 19 17 | X |Southwestern Mindanao. Destructive | | |earthquake in the Lanao and Cotabato | | |districts. It proceeded from the center | | |which lies in the northern part of Illana | | |Bay, and caused heavy damage to all the | | |buildings in the towns and in the Moro | | |villages and strongholds within the | | |meizoseismal region. The effects were | | |extraordinary on land as well as within | | |the bay; in the latter the telegraph | | |cables were found broken and buried by | | |debris. It is assumed as certain that | | |there were many lives lost in the Moro | | |forts, but their number is not known. The | | |aftershocks were so frequent that some 400 | | |could be counted within the first 8 days | | |after the disaster, some 10 or 12 of these | | |reaching force VI and VII.