Deadliest Recorded Earthquakes in the Philippines
Deaths
Magnitude
79
Origin
Tectonic
Location
Moro Gulf
4791
78
1666
Luzon
Tectonic
Tectonic
7.5
More than 600
Date
August 16,1976
July 16,1990
November 30,1645
August 2,1968
October 15,2013
November 15,1994
February 6,1912
271
73
172
Luzon
Casiguran Aurora
Bohol
Mindoro
Negros Oriental
Tectonic
Tectonic
222
Tectonic
78
6.7
Tectonic
51
Global death toll due to earthquakes fram 2000 to 2015
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Answers & Comments
Answer:
1976 - Moro Gulf earthquake, Magnitude: 7.9, 3,000 (estimate)
1990 - Luzon earthquake, Magnitude: 7.8, Casualties: 1,621.
1968 - Casiguran earthquake, Magnitude: 7.3, Casualties 270.
2013: Bohol earthquake; Magnitude: 7.2, Casualties: 150.