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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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| | |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
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