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    The document summarizes the 5 deadliest earthquakes in the Philippines based on loss of life. The 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake killed almost 8,000 people, mostly due to the resulting tsunami. The 1990 Luzon earthquake resulted in 2,412 deaths. The 1968 Casiguran earthquake caused 270 deaths when a building in Manila collapsed. The 2013 Bohol earthquake caused 222 deaths and over $2 billion in property damage. The 1994 Mindoro earthquake killed 78 people primarily through tsunami damage.

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    The document summarizes the 5 deadliest earthquakes in the Philippines based on loss of life. The 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake killed almost 8,000 people, mostly due to the resulting tsunami. The 1990 Luzon earthquake resulted in 2,412 deaths. The 1968 Casiguran earthquake caused 270 deaths when a building in Manila collapsed. The 2013 Bohol earthquake caused 222 deaths and over $2 billion in property damage. The 1994 Mindoro earthquake killed 78 people primarily through tsunami damage.

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    The document summarizes the 5 deadliest earthquakes in the Philippines based on loss of life. The 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake killed almost 8,000 people, mostly due to the resulting tsunami. The 1990 Luzon earthquake resulted in 2,412 deaths. The 1968 Casiguran earthquake caused 270 deaths when a building in Manila collapsed. The 2013 Bohol earthquake caused 222 deaths and over $2 billion in property damage. The 1994 Mindoro earthquake killed 78 people primarily through tsunami damage.

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    Deadliest Earthquake in the Philippines

    1. Moro Gulf earthquake (1976) – Almost 8,000 people were killed by a record
    7.9-magnitude earthquake and the resulting tsunami which hit the island of
    Mindanao. The offshore tremor generated by the Cotabato trench caused a
    tsunami, said to be responsible for 85 percent of the deaths. “The sea unloaded
    its fury on everything near the shore. Houses and properties along the coastal
    beaches of Lanao del Sur and Pagadian were practically washed out. Bits of
    houses littered the sea and bodies littered the shore,” said the Phivolcs report.

    2. Luzon earthquake (1990) – one of the strongest earthquakes to ever struck the
    country occurred in several areas of Central Luzon and Cordillera region. This
    7.8-magnitude tremor resulted to a total of 2,412 deaths and serious damage in
    properties.

    3. Casiguran earthquake (1968) – A 7.3-magnitude tremor, considered at the time


    as the most destructive in the last 20 years, hit the town of Casiguran, Aurora
    and the rest of Luzon. The six-story Ruby Tower in Binondo, Manila collapsed,
    killing around 270 tenants, as other major buildings in the same area were
    damaged. Extensive landslides and large fissures were observed in the
    mountainous areas while a tsunami was also recorded.

    4. Bohol earthquake (2013) – An earthquake of tectonic origin with a magnitude


    of 7.2 occurred in Region VII specifically at Tagbilaran City, Bohol and Cebu City.
    A total of 222 deaths and 976 were injured with a total of 671,103 families
    (3,221,248 persons) were affected in 1,527 barangays in 60 municipalities and 6
    cities in 6 provinces of Regions VI and VII. A total of P2,203,930,000 damaged to
    properties were recorded.

    5. Mindoro earthquake (1994) – Tsunami caused by the 7.1-magnitude


    earthquake killed most of the 78 casualties from the said calamity. Affected by
    the tsunami were coastal areas in Baco and Calapan, Oriental Mindoro. At least
    1530 houses, out of the 7566 damaged, were washed away by the tsunami.
    Largest earthquake in the Philippines
    1. Magnitude 8.0 in Mindanao (August 17, 1876) – Right after the magnitude 8.0
    earthquake, a massive tsunami, covering 700 kilometers of coastline nearby the
    island, followed. The quake struck past midnight and people were caught by
    furious water, which claimed 8,000 lives, injured 10,000, and left 90,000
    homeless.

    2. Magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Northern and Central Luzon (July 16, 1990) –
    A total of 2,412 people died and at least ₱10-billion worth of damages to public
    and private properties was reported after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck
    Northern and Central Luzon at around 4:00 p.m. of July 16, 1990.

    3. Magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Luzon (November 30, 1645) – The magnitude


    7.5 earthquake that crushed Luzon on November 30, 1645 at about 8:00 pm was
    called the “most terrible earthquake” in Philippines history. The Epicenter of the
    said quake was in Nueva Ecija caused by the San Manuel and Gabaldon Faults.

    4. Magnitude 7.3 in Casiguran, Aurora (August 2, 1968) – This earthquake killed


    a total of 270 people. It also caused a massive landslide and tsunami

    5. Magnitude 7.2 in Bohol (October 15, 2013) – This magnitude 7.2 earthquake
    recorded 222 deaths, 8 missing, and 976 injuries. An estimated 73,000 structures
    were also damaged.

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