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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| | |The 20th and 21st witnessed many
| | |aftershocks. | | | 193 |1907 IV 19 5 0 | IX |Camarines Province. Destructive earthquake | | |which, within an area of 200 kilometers | | |in length and 60 in width, wrecked many | | |masonry buildings, produced great | | |fissures in the ground and landslides in | | |the mountains. Only two cases of death | | |and a few of injuries received have been | | |recorded. | | | 194 |1907 IV 19 7 53 | VII |Very violent earthquake in the same region | | |as the preceding. It completed the ruin of | | |some buildings weakened by its | | |predecessor. These two earthquakes were | | |followed by numerous aftershocks of | | |varying intensity until the month of July. | | | 195 |1907 V 20 15 49 |VIII |Southern Leyte. Very violent earthquake | | |with a very intense repetition at 16h | | |3m. The meizoseismic area had a diameter | | |of only 10 kilometers, determined by an | | |extinct volcano, Mount Cabalían, which is | | |situated in this part of the island. From | | |May 17 to 25 some 60 earthquakes of | | |various intensities were felt. No enhanced | | |activity was observed in the volcano, but | | |many fissures and great landslides were | | |produced on its slopes. |
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