1992 Mindanao earthquakes

Earthquakes and tsunami affecting the Philippines 1992-05-17 09:49:19 1992-05-17 10:15:31 usp00057gu usp00057gv 291773 291774 Philippines 1992 05 17 yes 1992 05 17 yes 17:49 PST 18:15 PST w y 7.1 w y 7.5 25.0 km on 30.0 km on 7.191 126.762 Thrust 5 6 m 1 dead Two earthquakes struck off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, and generated a large tsunami on 17 May 1992. They measured 7.1 and 7.5, respectively on the moment magnitude scale and were spaced 26 minutes apart. Seismic shaking and a tsunami caused damage in Manay, Cateel, Baganga, Boston, Caraga and Tarragona, Davao Oriental Province. At a cove in Manay, the tsunami measured 6 m and flooded about 200 m inland as a result of the amplification effect. Following the first shock, many residents at the cove fled the area after the first earthquake and tsunami, however, a child was killed in the wave.Perez Jeffrey S. Burgos Leslie Neil Tana Verano Kim Namie Tabigue Milo S. Martinez-Villegas Ma. Mylene L. Narrative Accounts and Reconstruction of the 1992 Manay Earthquake and Tsunami Geological Convention 2023 10.13140/RG.2.2.25020.00647 Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology Wave heights of 3 m or higher were recorded along the coast of Caraga and Manay. Residents at the coast said the tsunami arrived about 2 to 10 minutes after the first event with the first wave also the largest. Both events occurred on a fault where the Philippine Sea plate subducts beneath the island, with epicenters 20 km apart.Besana G. M. Tanioka Y. Ando M. Mirabueno M. H. Manahan J. Ocampo J. De Perez J. Perez J. Bautista B. The May 17, 1992 earthquakes in southeastern Philippines Geophysical Research Letters 2004 31 24 10.1029/2004GL020917 See also December 2023 Mindanao earthquake List of earthquakes in 1992 List of earthquakes in the Philippines References Category:1992 earthquakes Category:May 1992 in Asia Category:1992 floods Category:Earthquakes in the Philippines Category:1992 in the Philippines Category:Doublet earthquakes Category:1990s tsunamis