What the records say
- When
- 17 Mar 1973
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 13.40° N, 122.80° E
- Deaths
- 15
- Injuries
- 64
- Damage musd
- 0.45
- Houses destroyed
- 98
- Max water height m
- 1.3
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.5
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1973 Ragay Gulf earthquake
Earthquake in the Philippines
The 1973 Ragay Gulf earthquake occurred at around 16:30 local time. It measured 7.4 Mw and had a maximum intensity of IX (Violent) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology assigned a maximum intensity of VIII on the PHIVOLCS earthquake intensity scale. It killed 14 people, injured 100 others and caused an estimated $2 million in damage.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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