| | |
34 |1783 IV 19 -- -- | VI |Violent earthquake in Dapitan and the
| | |whole of northwestern Mindanao.
| | |
35 |1787 V 13 6 -- |VIII |Very violent in southern Panay,
| | |especially in the Province of Iloilo.
| | |
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No. | Date. |Intensity.
| | | Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
| _Y. M. d. h. m._ | |
36 |1787 VII 13 7 -- | X |Panay Island. A terrible earthquake which
| | |left the whole island strewn with ruins.
| | |Of 15 to 20 churches and _conventos_ in
| | |Iloilo Province only two or three remained
| | |standing; in the two other provinces,
| | |Capiz and Antique, the destruction was
| | |less universal. Even the thick walls of
| | |the fort at Iloilo were breached in many
| | |places. There were subsidences in the
| | |plains and landslides in the mountains and
| | |mighty fissures opened. It is stated that
| | |the victims were numerous: in one building
| | |15 persons perished.
| | |
37 |1796 -- -- -- -- | IX |Many writers assert that during this year
| | |a most violent earthquake shook Manila
| | |and was followed by severe repetitions
| | |during the succeeding 20 days. But,