John Paulo Mendenilla

2020-9254-57086
BSCE-4C
HOMEWORK #1

Worldwide Historic Earthquakes

Year/Month Location Magnitude
c. 1500 BCE Knossos, Crete, Greece …
27 BCE Thebes, Egypt …
62 CE Pompeii and Herculaneum, Italy …
115 Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) …
1556 Shaanxi province, China …
1650 Cuzco, Peru 8.1
1692 Port Royal, Jamaica …
1693 southeastern Sicily, Italy …
1755 Lisbon, Portugal …
1780 Tabrīz, Iran 7.7
1811–1812 New Madrid, Missouri, U.S. 7.5 to 7.7
1812 Caracas, Venezuela 9.6
1835 Concepción, Chile 8.5
1886 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. …
1895 Ljubljana, Slovenia 6.1
1906 San Francisco, California, U.S. 7.9
1908 Messina and Reggio di Calabria, Italy 7.5
1920 Gansu province, China 8.5
1923 Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan 7.9
1931 Hawke Bay, New Zealand 7.9
1935 Quetta, Pakistan 7.5
1948 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 7.3
1950 Assam, India 8.7
1960 Valdivia and Puerto Montt, Chile 9.5
1963 Skopje, Macedonia 6.9
1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska, U.S. 9.2
1970 Chimbote, Peru 7.9
1972 Managua, Nicaragua 6.2
1976 Guatemala City, Guatemala 7.5
1976 Tangshan, China 7.5
1979 Tumaco, Colombia 7.7
1985 Michoacán state and Mexico City, Mexico 8.1
1988 Spitak and Gyumri, Armenia 6.8
1989 Loma Prieta, California, U.S. 7.1
1994 Northridge, California, U.S. 6.8
1995 Kōbe, Japan 6.9
1999 İzmit, Turkey 7.4
1999 Nan-t'ou county, Taiwan 7.7
2001 Bhuj, Gujarat state, India 8.0
2003 Bam, Iran 6.6
2004 Aceh province, Sumatra, Indonesia 9.1
2005 Azad Kashmir (Pakistani-administered Kashmir) 7.6
2006 Yogyakarta, Indonesia 6.3
2008 Sichuan province, China 7.9
2009 L'Aquila, Italy 6.3
2010 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 7.0
2010 Maule, Chile 8.8
2010–11 Christchurch, New Zealand 7.0
2011 Honshu, Japan 9.0
2011 Erciş and Van, Turkey 7.2
2015 Kathmandu, Nepal 7.8
2016 Muisne, Ecuador 7.8
2023 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey 7.8 and 7.5

Philippine Historic Earthquakes

Year/ Magnitude
Month Location
03/19/1951 Philippines 7.8
03/19/1952 Butuan 7.8
07/02/1954 Luzon (Sorsogon, Bacon, Legaspi) 6.8
03/31/1955 Mindanao (Lanao, ozamiz, cotabato) 7.6
09/24/1957 Philippines 7.6
10/07/1960 Panay 0.0
08/01/1968 Luzon (Manila) 7.3
01/10/1970 Mindanao 7.6
02/05/1970 Luzon, Romblon I; Tablas I (Odiongan) 7.1
04/07/1970 Luzon 7.3
09/30/1970 Batan Islands (Basco, Sabtang) 5.3
04/25/1972 Mindoro, Luzon, Manila 7.2
12/02/1972 Mindanao, Davao 7.4
03/17/1973 Quezon City (Calaug, lopez, guiayangan) 7.5
10/31/1975 Philippines 7.6
08/16/1976 Mindanao 8.0
08/17/1976 Mindanao 6.8
03/18/1977 Luzon (Manila) 7.3
06/14/1978 Mindanao Island, Philippines 6.9
01/11/1982 Virac, Catanduanes 7.1
08/17/1983 Luzon 6.5
03/18/1985 Pagadian, Zamboanga 6.5
04/24/1985 Luzon (Benguet Province, Baguio) 6.1
04/25/1987 Manila, Cubi Point 6.3
05/23/1987 Mindanao (Talakag-Malaybalay) 5.2
06/19/1988 Mindoro (San Jose, Calapan) 6.2
06/24/1988 Luzon (Laoag) 5.4
11/17/1988 Samar (Catarman, Catbalogan) 6.6
12/15/1989 Mindanao (Cotabato, Davao) 7.5
02/08/1990 Bohol, Cebu, Cagayan De Oro, Camiguin 6.6
06/14/1990 Culasi, Panay 7.1
07/16/1990 Baguio, Cabanatuan, Dagupan 7.8
06/15/1991 Luzon (Manila, Pinatubo Eruption) 5.5
05/17/1992 Mindanao, Tandag, Bislig 7.5
11/14/1994 Mindoro 7.1
04/21/1995 Samar 6.8
04/21/1995 Samar 7.2
12/11/1999 South Luzon (Manila, Santa Cruz) 7.3
07/16/2000 Basco, Mount Irada, Batan Islands 6.4
01/01/2001 Mindanao 7.5
03/05/2002 Mindanao 7.5
02/15/2003 Masbate, Dimasalang 6.3
11/18/2003 Samar (Can-Avid) 6.5
07/23/2010 Celebes Sea (Moro Gulf) 7.6
02/06/2012 Negros Oriental Province 6.7
03/05/2012 Masbate Island 5.6
03/16/2012 Surigao 5.8
08/31/2012 Cagayan De Oro, Tacloban 7.6
10/15/2013 Bohol, Cebu, Siquijor Island 7.1
07/03/2015 Mindanao 6.1
02/10/2017 Surigao Del Norte 6.5
04/28/2017 Sarangani 6.9
07/06/2017 Leyte 6.5
04/22/2019 Pampanga Province 6.1
07/12/2019 Mindanao (Surigao Del Sur Province) 5.8
07/26/2019 Batanes (Itbayat) 6.0
10/16/2019 Mindanao (Cotabato, Davao) 6.4
10/29/2019 Mindanao (Cotabato, Davao) 6.6
10/31/2019 Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat 6.5
12/15/2019 Mindanao (Davao) 6.8
08/18/2020 Masbate 6.6
08/11/2021 Mindanao 7.1
07/27/2022 Luzon (Abra) 7.0
10/25/2022 Luzon (Abra) 6.4