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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80 |1871 XI 29 16 30 | VII |Very violent earthquake in western | | |Mindanao and on the Islands of Basilan | | |and Jolo. It caused slight damage to | | |several buildings at Zamboanga. | | | 81 |1871 XII 8 17 30 | IX |Destructive earthquake throughout the | | |districts of Lanao, Cotabato, and Davao, | | |Mindanao. It is reported that at Cotabato | | |and Pollok not a single building remained | | |standing; the happenings in the Moro | | |villages and forts are not known. Even in | | |Davao, at a distance of 200 kilometers, | | |it developed great violence. Within one | | |hour three series of most violent shocks | | |were experienced, accompanied by | | |subterraneous rumblings. | | | ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ No. | Date. |Intensity. | | | Epicenter and effects. ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ | _Y. M. d. h. m._ | | 82 |1871 XII 9 7 30 |VIII |Most violent earthquake in the same | | |regions of Lanao and Cotabato, which | | |completed the devastation of the | | |preceding. Also in this earthquake several | | |separate groups of shocks could be | | |distinguished, which occurred within the | | |space of a little more than half an hour. |
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