urse. The few stone buildings in the
| | |affected districts, as, for instance, the
| | |church at Passi, Province of Iloilo, were
| | |badly cracked, the wooden structures
| | |either fell, owing to the snapping of the
| | |uprights, or remained inclined in various
| | |directions. The provinces which suffered
| | |most were those of Iloilo and Capiz.
| | |
8 |1627 VIII -- -- -- | X |Northern Luzon. The historians mention it
| | |as one of the earthquakes which caused the
| | |greatest convulsions in northern Luzon,
| | |especially in Ilocos Norte and Cagayan,
| | |but above all in the region of the Central
| | |Central Cordillera, Lepanto, and Bontoc.
| | |The data are somewhat vague. It is said
| | |that part of the northern Caraballo
| | |Mountains subsided.
| | |
9 |1628 -- -- -- -- | IX |Camarines and Albay. A destructive
| | |earthquake in which, it is said, a
| | |mountain burst and emitted a river of
| | |water and mud which swept away the town
| | |of Camarines and others. The name of
| | |Camarines was at the time used to
| | |designate the present town of Camalig
| | |and the district near the southern slopes
| | |of Mayon Volcano. The flood mentioned
| | |was probably an avalanche of water, sand,
| | |volcanic ashes, and lapilli, such as also
| | |on other occasions have occurred on the
| | |slopes of the same volcano during periods
| | |of torrential rains.
| | |
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No. | Date. |Intensity.
| | | Epicenter and effects.
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