Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines | Page 8

5 -- -- | VII |Very violent earthquake in western | | |Mindanao. The epicenter was in Illana | | |Bay. Severe shocks were felt in Cotabato | | |and Zamboanga, 250 kilometers distant | | |from each other. | | | 48 |1840 -- -- -- -- | IX |Destructive earthquake in Sorsogon and | | |Masbate. Ruined the masonry buildings. In | | |Sorsogon Bay extensive subsidences | | |occurred; the sea invaded the town, | | |causing great destruction and claiming | | |many victims. | | | 49 |1852 IX 16 18 45 | IX |Central Luzon. Destructive earthquake | | |which made itself felt with violence in | | |the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna, Cavite, | | |Batangas, Tayabas, Bataan, Zambales, | | |Pampanga, Bulacan, and Nueva Ecija. In | | |Manila it damaged severely a great number | | |of buildings, among them the cathedral and | | |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 | | |and Baler Bays. Damaged the church and | | |convento of Baler. Several aftershocks | | |followed during the next 4 days. | | | 57 |1862 IX 9 3 -- |VIII |Ilocos Norte and Cagayan. The epicenter | | |lay within the Central Cordillera. Did | | |some damage to the church of Piddig and to | | |other towns situated near the Cordillera. | | | 58 |1862 X 30 12 30 | VI |Laguna Province. Very strong earthquake, | | |doing slight damage in the towns south of | | |Lake Bay and close to the volcanic cone of | | |Mount Maquiling. | | | ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ No. | Date. |Intensity. | | | Epicenter and effects. ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ | Y. M. d. h. m. | | 59 |1863 VI 3 19 20 | X |Manila and adjacent provinces. A | | |disastrous earthquake, comparable with | | |that of 1645. Laid in ruins the cathedral | | |and nearly all the other churches, except | | |San Agustin, the palace of the | | |Governor-General, the Audiencia, the | | |barracks, warehouses, etc.; all in all, 46 | | |public buildings in ruins and 25 others | | |badly damaged. Of private houses 570 were | | |destroyed, 531 left tottering. Total, | | |1,172 buildings in ruins or badly damaged. | | |The number of victims was appalling. It is | | |estimated that in Manila and the | | |surrounding towns alone the number of | | |killed reached 400, that of the injured | | |2,000. The catastrophe likewise involved | | |many towns in Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite, | | |where it destroyed churches and a great |