What the records say
- When
- 16 Aug 1976
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Where
- Philippines
- Coordinates
- 6.29° N, 124.09° E
- Deaths
- 8000
- Injuries
- 10000
- Damage musd
- 134
- Intensity mmi
- 6
- Depth km
- 33
1976 Moro Gulf earthquake
Earthquake in the Philippines
The 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake and tsunami occurred on August 17, 1976, at 00:11 local time near the islands of Mindanao and Sulu, in the Philippines. It measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale occurring at a depth of 20 km (12 mi). The earthquake was accompanied by a destructive tsunami that resulted in a majority of the estimated 5,000 to 8,000 fatalities.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 8.0 Moro Gulf earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el golfo de Moro, cerca de Filipinas, se registra un fuerte terremoto de 8,0 y un devastador tsunami con olas de hasta 9 metros que dejan un saldo de 8000…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page