is | | |expressly mentioned. | | |
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Date. |Intensity. | | | Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ | Y. M.
d. h. m. | | 47 |1836 I 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. | | |
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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
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