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Earthquakes in the Philippines
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1863 Manila earthquake Luzon mainland#Philippines yes 1863 06 03 19:30 PST 30 seconds 7.4 Ms6.5 w y 14.55 N 120.9 E title, inlineTokuji Utsu (宇津徳治) https://iisee.kenken.go.jp/cgi-bin/utsu/result.cgi iisee.kenken.go.jp ja Manila Bay 9 MMI 11 Yes Yes w yes4.9 w yes4.5 822 (83 felt) including w yes5.1 aftershock 1,000 dead, 200+ injured Manila trenchFebruary 2023
The 1863 Manila earthquake struck the Philippines on June 3, 1863.Gealogo Francis A. 2016 Historical Seismology and the Documentation of Postdisaster Conditions: The 1863 and 1880 Luzon Earthquakes http://philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/view/4319 Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints 64 3–4 359–384 10.1353/phs.2016.0033 26621935 151885877 subscription August 18, 2021 August 18, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210818123523/http://philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/view/4319 dead History of Disasters in Some Places in Philippines https://www.scribd.com/document/336606949/Disastes-3 July 20, 2021 ScribdBlanco John D. https://books.google.com/books?id=sNtM4sXUgCEC&dq=%221863+Manila+earthquake%22&pg=PA215 Frontier Constitutions: Christianity and Colonial Empire in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines 2009 University of California Press 978-0-520-94369-8Kozák Jan https://books.google.com/books?id=CIvPDwAAQBAJ&dq=%221863+Manila+earthquake%22&pg=PA85 The Illustrated History of the Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire Musson Roger M. W. 2020 Springer Nature 978-3-030-21426-5
Overview
The Manila earthquake on June 3, 1863, destroyed Manila Cathedral, the Ayuntamiento (city hall), the Governor's Palace (all three located at the time on Plaza Mayor, now Plaza de Roma) and much of the city. The residence of the governor-general was moved to Malacañang Palace located about 3 km (1.9 miles) up the Pasig River, while the other two buildings were rebuilt in place. The fatality count reached 1,000.Davis Lee https://books.google.com/books?id=CRzMOYIuLJEC Natural Disasters 2008 Facts on File 978-0-8160-7000-8 New 85–86
Epicenter and effects
The earthquake was described as disastrous, comparable with the 1645 Luzon earthquake. Laid in ruins the cathedral and nearly all the other churches, except San Agustin, the palace of the Governor-General, the Audiencia, the barracks, warehouses, etc.; all in all, 46 public buildings in ruins and 25 others badly damaged. Of private houses 570 were destroyed, 531 were left tottering. Total, 1,172 buildings were in ruins or badly damaged. The number of victims was appalling, estimated that in Manila and the surrounding towns alone the number of killed reached 400 and the number of injured reached 2,000. The catastrophe likewise involved many towns in the District of Morong and the provinces of Manila, Laguna, and Cavite, where it destroyed churches and a great number of houses.
See also
List of earthquakes in the Philippines
References
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