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1976 August 17 Mw8.1 Moro Gulf Earthquake
A few minutes after the last stroke of midnight on August 17, 1976, a violent earthquake occurred in the island of Mindanao spawning a tsunami that devastated more than 700 kms of coastline bordering Moro Gulf in the North Celebes Sea.
1976 Moro Gulf earthquake - Wikipedia
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). [2]
Midnight Shocker of ’76: Remembering The Deadliest Tsunami In ...
At exactly eleven minutes past midnight on August17, 1976, a massive earthquake with the magnitude varying between 7.9 and 8.2 on the Richter scale jolted those in the areas surrounding Moro Gulf in Mindanao.
The Philippine Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster: A ...
There were an estimated5,820dead and missing. Approximately 85% of the dead and 65% of the injured were victims of the tsunami waves that swept the shores where villages were built close to the waters of Moro Gulf. The waves reached heights of 20 feet and went more than a half mile inland.
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MANILA, Philippines – It was 10 minutes past midnight of August 17, 1976, a Tuesday. While most people were sleeping, a massive earthquake, registering magnitude 8.0 on the Richter scale, rocked...
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Eleven minutes past midnight of August17, 1976, while people were in deep sleep, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Moro Gulf in Mindanao. The initial widespread trembling was felt as far as the central islands of Visayas.
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The 1976 August 16 Philippine earthquake thus represents the first clear seismic evidence for a north-east dipping subduction zone beneath Mindanao in the Moro Gulf, North Celebes Sea.
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A few minutes after the last stroke of midnight on August17, 1976, a violent earthquake occurred in the island of Mindanao spawning a tsunami that devastated more than 700 kms of coastline bordering Moro Gulf in the North Celebes Sea.
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A magnitude-7.9 earthquake onAug. 17, 1976, off the west coast of Mindanao in the Philippines generated a tsunami in the Moro Gulf. Together the two events killed between 5,000 and 8,000...
Magnitude 8 tremor, tsunami in Mindanao 45 years ago recalled
MANILA – The powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti and killed over 1,400 people on Sunday immediately sent vivid recollection of the devastating magnitude 8 tremor, followed by an equally destructive tsunami that hit Mindanao on Aug. 17, 1976, killing some 8,000 people and over….
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A few minutes after the last stroke of midnight on August 17, 1976, a violent earthquake occurred in the island of Mindanao spawning a tsunami that devastated more than 700 kms of coastline bordering Moro Gulf in the North Celebes Sea.
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). [2]
At exactly eleven minutes past midnight on August 17, 1976, a massive earthquake with the magnitude varying between 7.9 and 8.2 on the Richter scale jolted those in the areas surrounding Moro Gulf in Mindanao.
There were an estimated 5,820 dead and missing. Approximately 85% of the dead and 65% of the injured were victims of the tsunami waves that swept the shores where villages were built close to the waters of Moro Gulf. The waves reached heights of 20 feet and went more than a half mile inland.
MANILA, Philippines – It was 10 minutes past midnight of August 17, 1976, a Tuesday. While most people were sleeping, a massive earthquake, registering magnitude 8.0 on the Richter scale, rocked...
Eleven minutes past midnight of August 17, 1976, while people were in deep sleep, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Moro Gulf in Mindanao. The initial widespread trembling was felt as far as the central islands of Visayas.
The 1976 August 16 Philippine earthquake thus represents the first clear seismic evidence for a north-east dipping subduction zone beneath Mindanao in the Moro Gulf, North Celebes Sea.
A few minutes after the last stroke of midnight on August 17, 1976, a violent earthquake occurred in the island of Mindanao spawning a tsunami that devastated more than 700 kms of coastline bordering Moro Gulf in the North Celebes Sea.
A magnitude-7.9 earthquake on Aug. 17, 1976, off the west coast of Mindanao in the Philippines generated a tsunami in the Moro Gulf. Together the two events killed between 5,000 and 8,000...
MANILA – The powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti and killed over 1,400 people on Sunday immediately sent vivid recollection of the devastating magnitude 8 tremor, followed by an equally destructive tsunami that hit Mindanao on Aug. 17, 1976, killing some 8,000 people and over….