What the records say
- When
- 21 Sep 1897
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.7
- Where
- Philippines
- Coordinates
- 6.00° N, 122.00° E
- Deaths
- 13
- Injuries
- 14
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 33
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1897 Mindanao earthquakes
Earthquakes in the Philippines
The 1897 Mindanao earthquakes occurred on September 20, 1897, at 19:06 UTC and September 21, 1897, at 05:12 UTC. The estimated epicentres of the two earthquakes are identical, lying just off the southwestern coast of Mindanao in the Philippines, south of Basilan island.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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