201 |1909 II 7 0 1 | VI |Very strong earthquake in the region | | |south of Butuan Bay. Its epicentral area | | |was very small, comprising only Butuan | | |and the towns close to the mouth of the | | |Agusan River. | | | 202 |1909 III 18 16 30 |VIII |Eastern Mindanao. Very violent earthquake | | |whose epicenter stretched in a narrow | | |belt along parallel 8 deg. 12' latitude north | | |from the Agusan River to the Pacific | | |coast. It did severe damage to the church | | |and _convento_ of Bislig and in some | | |neighboring towns. | | | 203 |1909 IV 14 6 37 | VI |Very strong earthquake in the extreme | | |southeast of Luzon, having its center | | |underneath the sea to the south of | | |Catanduanes Island. | | | APPENDIX. EARTHQUAKES IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS. ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ No. | Date. |Intensity. | | | Epicenter and effects. ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ | _Y. M. d. h. m._ | | 1 |1825 IV -- -- -- |VIII |Destructive earthquake in the Marinas or | | |Ladrones group of islands. Ruined many | | |buildings at Agana, Guam Island. | | | 2 |1834 V -- -- -- |VIII |Destructive earthquake on Guam Island. | | |Considerable havoc and great panic at | | |Agana and in the other towns of the | | |island. | | | 3 |1849 I 25 14 56 | IX |Destructive earthquake. Laid in ruins all | | |the masonry buildings on the islands--the | | |church, _convento_, and college at Agana, | | |the churches at Umata, Pago, and Agat, | | |together with a great number of houses. | | |Immense fissures opened in many places, | | |and an extraordinary commotion of short | | |duration was observed in the sea. There | | |followed countless aftershocks, some of | | |them very intense; from January 25 to | | |March 11 no fewer than 150 were actually | | |counted. | | | 4 |1862 VII 1 7 48 | VII |Violent earthquake. Did great damage to