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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| | |them very intense; from January 25 to
| | |March 11 no fewer than 150 were actually | | |counted. | | | 4 |1862 VII 1 7 48 | VII |Violent earthquake. Did great damage to | | |the tile roofs at Agaña and in other towns | | |on the Island of Guam. | | | 5 |1863 XII 7 3 -- | VI |Guam. Violent earthquake causing great | | |alarm but little harm. | | | 6 |1866 VI 24 13 -- | VI |Guam. Very strong earthquake. | | | 7 |1870 V 13 15 27 | VI |Guam. Two very strong shocks at an | | |interval of 10 seconds. The fact that they | | |did no damage has been attributed to the | | |absence of horizontal movements. | | | 8 |1892 V 16 21 10 |VIII |Destructive earthquake which severely | | |damaged the masonry buildings in Agaña and | | |other towns, produced many fissures and | | |displacements on the coasts and in other | | |places. The sea retired suddenly, but no | | |devastating alternations of floods and | | |ebbs followed. The few aftershocks which | | |occurred during the two following days | | |were feeble. | | | 9 |1902 IX 22 11 15 | IX |Destructive earthquake which wrecked or | | |damaged very seriously all the buildings |
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