What the records say
- When
- 14 Nov 1994
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Where
- Philippines
- Coordinates
- 13.53° N, 121.07° E
- Deaths
- 81
- Injuries
- 225
- Damage musd
- 3.7
- Houses destroyed
- 1530
- Depth km
- 32
1994 Mindoro earthquake
Earthquake in the Philippines
The 1994 Mindoro earthquake occurred at 03:15:30 PST on November 15 near Mindoro, Philippines. It had a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Rossi–Forel of VII. It is associated with a 35-kilometer-long (22 mi) ground rupture, called the Aglubang River fault. Seventy eight people were reported dead, and 7,566 houses were damaged. The earthquake generated a tsunami and landslides on the Verde Island.
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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 “1994 Mindoro earthquake A 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to 8.5 m…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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