What the records say
- When
- 16 Jul 1990
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 15.68° N, 121.17° E
- Deaths
- 2412
- Injuries
- 3000
- Damage musd
- 369.6
- Max water height m
- 2
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.8
- Runups
- 1
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1990 Luzon earthquake
Earthquake in the Philippines
The 1990 Luzon earthquake occurred on July 16 at 4:26 p.m. (PHDT) on the densely populated island of Luzon in the Philippines. The shock had a surface-wave magnitude of 7.8 and produced a 125 km-long ground rupture that stretched from Dingalan to Kayapa. The event was a result of strike-slip movements along the Philippine Fault and the Digdig Fault within the Philippine fault system.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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