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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| | |earthquake brought many aftershocks. | | | 139 |1887 III 24 21 14 |VIII |Camarines Province. Destructive earthquake | | |doing considerable harm in several towns | | |in the vicinity of Nueva Caceres. The 25th | | |witnessed a very intense repetition, while | | |lighter aftershocks were frequent until | | |the month of May. | | | 140 |1888 I 27 3 45 | VI |Very strong earthquake in eastern | | |Mindanao, which had its epicenter in the | | |Agusan River Valley. | | | 141 |1888 VIII 19 14 39 | VI |Northeastern Luzon. Very strong | | |earthquake, especially in the Provinces | | |of Cagayan and Isabela, followed by many | | |repetitions of varying intensity. | | | ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ No. | Date. |Intensity. | | | Epicenter and effects. ----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------ | _Y. M. d. h. m._ | | 142 |1889 I 1 10 20 | VII |Northeastern Mindanao. Violent earthquake | | |in the districts of Surigao and Butuan. | | |Repeated with equal force at 21h 40m of | | |the 12th, doing slight damage to buildings | | |in Surigao, Placer, and Gigaquit, and | | |opening numerous fissures in the ground. |
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