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Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines - With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 by Miguel Saderra Masó
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9 |1628 -- -- -- -- | IX |Camarines and Albay. A destructive
| | |earthquake in which, it is said, a
| | |mountain burst and emitted a river of
| | |water and mud which swept away the town
| | |of Camarines and others. The name of
| | |Camarines was at the time used to
| | |designate the present town of Camalig
| | |and the district near the southern slopes
| | |of Mayon Volcano. The flood mentioned
| | |was probably an avalanche of water, sand,
| | |volcanic ashes, and lapilli, such as also
| | |on other occasions have occurred on the
| | |slopes of the same volcano during periods
| | |of torrential rains.
| | |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. | Date. |Intensity.
| | | Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
| _Y. M. d. h. m._ | |
10 |1636 XII 21 -- -- | IX |Western Mindanao. Destructive earthquake.
| | |The epicenter appears to have been in
| | |Illana Bay. Great landslides are reported
| | |to have occurred at Point Flechas which is
| | |between the Bays of Illana and Sibuguey.
| | |
11 |1641 I 4 -- -- | X |Northern Luzon. Destructive earthquake,
| | |accompanied by great landslides in the
| | |mountains and eruptions of water and mud
| | |in the region of northern Luzon which
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