What the records say
- When
- 11 Dec 1999
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Where
- Philippines
- Coordinates
- 15.77° N, 119.74° E
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 40
- Damage musd
- 1.794
- Intensity mmi
- 7
- Depth km
- 33
1999 Luzon earthquake
Earthquake in the Philippines
On 12 December 1999, a Mw 7.3 earthquake struck the northern coast of Zambales in the Philippines. It was felt in various provinces on the island of Luzon including as far north as Ilocos Norte and as far south as Quezon. This is the second earthquake with a magnitude of 7 to hit the area in 10 years with a Mw 7.7 earthquake having occurred in 1990 which killed more than 2,000 people.
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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 “A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits parts of Luzon, with the epicenter located near Lingayen, Pangasinan; reportedly killing 6 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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