What the records say
- When
- 16 Aug 1976
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 6.29° N, 124.09° E
- Deaths
- 8000
- Injuries
- 10000
- Damage musd
- 134
- Max water height m
- 9
- Source quake magnitude
- 8
- Runups
- 44
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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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page