Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines | Page 6

visited Manila; but there is | | |great
confusion as to the days and months | | |in which they occurred. | | | 23
|1716 IX 24 -- -- | VII |Vicinity of Taal Volcano. Violent in | | |Manila
and the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna, | | |Cavite, and Batangas.
Connected with an | | |eruption of the volcano. At each spasm of | | |the
latter the earth shook so violently | | |that many buildings in Manila and

the | | |provinces mentioned suffered much harm, | | |especially those in
the vicinity of Lake | | |Bombon, within which is situated the said | |
|volcano. | | | 24 |1728 XI 28 -- -- | IX |Remarkable on account of its
having been | | |very perceptible throughout the entire | | |Archipelago.
Caused considerable damage in | | |Manila and towns in southern Luzon.
| | | 25 |1730 -- -- -- -- | IX |Destructive in the Provinces of Tayabas | |
|and Laguna; ruined the church and the | | |church and convento at
Mauban and other | | |buildings in this and other towns of the | | |two
provinces. | | | 26 |1743 -- -- -- -- | IX |Destructive in Tayabas Province,
wrecking | | |masonry structures in the town of Tayabas | | |and others. | |
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Date. |Intensity. | | | Epicenter and effects.
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d. h. m. | | 27 |1749 VIII 12 9 -- | IX |A violent eruption of Taal Volcano,
which | | |caused great havoc in all the towns on the | | |shores of Lake
Bombon. The shocks which | | |accompanied each of the intermittent | |
|outbursts of the volcano were so severe | | |that they left hardly any
building | | |undamaged throughout the provinces in the | |
|neighborhood of Manila--Rizal, Laguna, | | |Cavite, Batangas, Tayabas,
and in northern | | |Mindoro. The convulsions of the ground | | |were
very remarkable; displacement | | |occurred and fissures, both wide and
deep, | | |opened in the entire Province of Batangas | | |and likewise in
Cavite Province, up to | | |Lake Bay. As the shocks occurred during | |
|many days, the majority of Manila's | | |inhabitants abandoned the
Walled City and | | |lived under tents or in structures of | | |bamboo and
nipa. The greatest force of | | |the earthquakes and, consequently, the | |
|greatest upheavals seem to have occurred | | |in the region stretching
from Taal Volcano | | |toward Talim Island (Lake Bay) and the | |
|Antipolo Mountain Range. | | | | | |Repetitions and aftershocks were
frequent | | |during nearly a year. | | | 28 |1754 V 15 21 -- | X |Another
eruption of Taal Volcano, the most | | |terrible in the history of the
Islands. | | |All the towns which surrounded Lake Bombon | | |were
destroyed completely. When rebuilt, | | |they were placed at a distance
from the | | |lake. There occurred most violent | | |earthquakes which
produced disasters in | | |the neighboring provinces equal too, if | | |not
exceeding those of 1749. The spasms, | | |separated by intervals of
greater or less | | |duration, lasted 7 months, the principal | | |outbursts

being always accompanied by very | | |intense earthquakes which made
themselves | | |felt throughout a large part of Luzon, on | | |Mindoro
Island, and northern Panay. | | | 29 |1766 XII 7 10 45 | VII |A violent
earthquake, but did very slight | | |damage in Manila. During the month
many | | |more earthquakes of less intensity were | | |felt; in fact they had
been frequent ever | | |since the preceding August. There exist no | |
|data concerning the provinces around | | |Manila. | | | 30 |1767 II 8 1 5 |
VII |Manila and neighboring provinces. Violent | | |earthquake,
preceded and followed by | | |numerous shocks of smaller intensity. | | |
31 |1767 XI 13 15 25 | VII |Very violent. In Manila a few walls fell | |
|and tile roofs sagged. Slight repetitions | | |marked the succeeding days.
Nothing is | | |known of the happenings in the near-by | | |provinces. | | |
32 |1770 XII -- 23 -- |VIII |Destructive earthquake. Mr. Sonnerat | |
|states that it wrecked many houses in | | |Manila. This traveler was at
the time on | | |board a ship in the very Bay of Manila; | | |hence it is
very strange that he does not | |