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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| | |of latitude. Its center appears to have | | |been near the Ilocos coast. | | | 98 |1874 VII 8 10 32 | VI |Central Luzon. Strong earthquake in the | | |Provinces of Pangasinan, Union, Benguet, | | |Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela, Tarlac, Zambales, | | |Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, and Bulacan. The | | |epicenter was near the shores of | | |Casiguran Bay. | | | 99 |1874 VIII 25 6 30 |VIII |Destructive earthquake in Zamboanga, | | |western Mindanao. It did considerable | | |damage to masonry buildings and overturned | | |walls. Many large fissures opened near the | | |beach of the sea. | | | 100 |1874 IX 16 10 9 | VII |Violent earthquake in central and eastern | | |Luzon, with innumerable repetitions until | | |the end of October. The center lay near | | |Casiguran Bay. The provinces affected | | |most were northern Camarines, Tayabas, | | |Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, | | |Nueva Vizcaya, and Isabela. | | | 101 |1875 III 9 3 30 | VII |Very violent earthquake in Abra and the | | |Mountain Province. Destroyed some houses | | |and caused landslides on the mountain | | |sides, ruining rice terraces. It was | | |preceded by feeble shocks and followed by |
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