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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| | |list comprising over 150 distinct
| | |earthquakes, without including countless | | |repetitions of smaller intensity. The | | |effects of these earthquakes were more | | |notable by the alterations in the | | |topography of the region than by the | | |damage done to buildings, as the latter | | |were of wood and thatched with cogon | | |grass. The inhabitants were | | |terror-stricken and the authorities had | | |to work hard to prevent a general exodus | | |from the country. | | | 125 |1882 IV 10 19 30 | VI |District of Cotabato, Mindanao. Violent | | |earthquake, preceded by subterraneous | | |rumblings and followed by frequent | | |repetitions. Already during March some | | |very strong shocks had preceded. | | | 126 |1882 X 10 16 57 | VII |Violent earthquake in Camarines Province | | |with several repetitions. | | | ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ No. | Date. |Intensity. | | | Epicenter and effects. ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ | _Y. M. d. h. m._ | | 127 |1882 XII 6 -- -- | VII |Very violent earthquake in the north of | | |Cebu Island and southern Masbate. | | | |
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