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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No. | 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 of the injured | | |2,000. The catastrophe likewise involved | | |many towns in Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite, | | |where it destroyed churches and a great | | |number of houses. | | | 60 |1863 VI 9 -- -- | VII |Violent earthquake which in Manila and | | |neighboring towns brought to the ground | | |several buildings left in a tottering | | |condition by the preceding disturbance. | | | 61 |1864 I 3 -- -- | VI |Origin, south of Illana Bay. It was felt |
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