Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines | Page 9

| |number of houses. | | | 60 |1863 VI 9 -- -- | VII |Violent earthquake which in Manila and | | |neighboring towns brought to the ground | | |several buildings left in a tottering | | |condition by the preceding disturbance. | | | 61 |1864 I 3 -- -- | VI |Origin, south of Illana Bay. It was felt | | |very strongly both at Zamboanga and | | |Cotabato; the former west, the latter | | |east of the bay mentioned. | | | 62 |1865 XI 23 4 -- | VI |Strong earthquake which caused great | | |excitement in Manila and adjacent | | |provinces. | | | 63 |1866 XII 29 3 -- | VII |Ilocos Norte. Very violent earthquake. | | |Damaged several buildings at Laoag and in | | |other towns of the province. | | | 64 |1867 I 5 9 45 | VI |Albay Province. Very strong earthquake. | | | 65 |1867 III 26 13 -- | VI |Ilocos Norte. Very strong earthquake. | | |Shocks of varying intensity were frequent | | |in this province during the months | | |December, 1866, to April, 1867. | | | 66 |1867 XII 27 9 11 | VI |Samar Island. Very strong and prolonged | | |earthquake. | | | 67 |1868 IV 4 -- -- | VI |Leyte Island. Very strong earthquake. | | | 68 |1868 VI 29 8 11 | VI |Panay Island. Very strong earthquake in | | |Iloilo and other towns of the southern | | |part of the island. Frequent, but weak | | |shocks had been felt since June 7. | | | 69 |1869 VIII 16 15 -- | IX |Masbate Island. Disastrous earthquake. | | |Destroyed the few masonry buildings extant | | |on the island and ruined or inclined | | |hundreds of houses of wood or light | | |materials; large trees fell, fissures | | |opened, and vast landslides occurred in | | |the mountains and along the coasts, | | |especially in the south of the island. | | |Countless repetitions followed, over 100 | | |of the more severe ones having been | | |counted during the first fortnight after | | |the earthquake. | | | 70 |1869 X 1 11 35 |VIII |Neighboring provinces east and south of | | |Manila, and northern Mindoro. On Luzon the | | |provinces chiefly affected were Rizal, | | |Laguna, Cavite, and Batangas. In Manila | | |this earthquake did considerable damage to | | |quite a number of buildings. In the | | |Provinces of Cavite and Batangas a few | | |churches and conventos were wrecked. | | |There was no loss of life. Repetitions | | |were frequent during the 5 days | | |immediately following the earthquake. | | | ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ No. | Date. |Intensity. | | | Epicenter and effects. ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ | Y. M. d. h. m. | | 71 |1869 X 23 16 30 | VII |Very violent earthquake in southern | | |Luzon, especially in Laguna Province. | | |Slightly damaged some buildings. | | | 72 |1870 III 2 3 -- | VI |Northeastern Samar. Very strong | | |earthquake. | | | 73 |1870 V 23 23 55 | VII |Northern Luzon. Very violent earthquake | | |in the Provinces of Ilocos Norte, | | |Cagayan, Isabela, and the northern part | | |of the Mountain Province. | | | 74 |1870 XI 4 4 -- | VII |Central Mindanao. A violent earthquake | | |whose epicenter lay between the Gulf of | | |Davao and the Province of Misamis. During | | |the months of November and December | | |occurred many repetitions, some of them | | |very intense. | | | 75 |1871 II 21 4 -- | IX |Camiguin Island. Destructive earthquake | | |which affected only the extreme north of | | |the island, where subsequently, on the | | |30th of April, a volcano which had been | | |believed extinct, burst forth again near | | |its base. This great earthquake was the | | |first of a series of shocks which preceded | | |the eruption. It ruined many buildings | | |constructed of wood, and rent asunder the | | |massive walls of the churches at Mambajao | | |and Catarman, while in the mountains it | | |caused many landslides. Between February | | |21 and April 30, the date of the volcanic | | |eruption, four violent earthquakes were | | |felt on Camiguin and the neighboring | | |Islands of Mindanao, Cebu, Bohol, etc., | | |aside from countless shocks of less | | |intensity. With the eruption, the | | |earthquakes ceased completely.