IVE EARTHQUAKES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

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No. | Date. |Intensity.
| | | Epicenter and effects.
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| _Y. M. d. h. m._ | |
1 |1599 VI 25 3 20 | IX |Manila and neighboring provinces. Damaged
| | |many private buildings in Manila; cracked
| | |the vault of the Jesuit Church so badly
| | |that it had to be demolished and replaced
| | |by a ceiling; fissured the walls and
| | |ruined the roof of Santo Domingo Church.
| | |
2 |1600 I 2 0 0 |VIII |Earthquake of destructive force and long
| | |duration in Manila; extent of damage
| | |unknown.
| | |
3 |1600 XI -- -- -- | VI |Violent and protracted earthquake.
| | |
4 |1601 I 16 0 -- |VIII |Manila and adjacent provinces. Did
| | |considerable damage to some churches and
| | |many private houses in Manila. Its
| | |duration was unusually great, it being
| | |said that during 7 minutes the shocks were
| | |almost continuous. There were several dead
| | |and a great number of injured. The
| | |repetitions were frequent throughout the
| | |year.
| | |
5 |1608 XII 3 -- -- | VI-|Leyte Island. Violent chiefly in the
| | VII |country around Dulag and Palo (E coast of
| | |northern Leyte). It does not appear to
| | |have been destructive.
| | |
6 |1610 XI -- -- -- | IX |Manila and provinces east of it. Several
| | |writers call it a "terrible earthquake
| | |which progressed from E to W."
| | |
7 |1620 -- -- -- -- | IX |Panay Island. Great convulsions of the
| | |ground; the Aclan River changed its
| | |co