1994 Mindoro Earthquake, Philippines


Earthquake data from USGS

Date & Time(UTC) : Nov.14, 19:15:31
Epicenter : N 13.532° E 121.087° Depth = 33km
Maginitude : Mw 7.0
Comments : At least seventy-eight people killed and 225 injured on Luzon and Mindoro. A local tsunami contributed to extensive damage (VII RF) in the Calapan and Puerto Galera areas. More than 797 houses destroyed and 3,288 damaged on Mindoro. Seven houses destroyed at Batangas, Luzon. Liquefaction, sand boils and surface faulting occurred in the epicentral area. Felt (IV RF) at Batangas, Guinayangan, Manila and Tagaytay City; (III RF) at Quezon City, Luzon. Also felt (II RF) on Masbate.


Photos © M. Yoshimine 2001-2002. Click small photos to enlarge.

[ No.01-11, 68: Batangas City, Luzon ] [ No.12-23: Between Calapan and Baco, Mindoro (Liquefaction) ] [ No.24-26, 48-53, 56,57: Wawa Village, Mindoro ] [ No.27-47, 58-64: Malaylay area, Mindoro (Tsunami) ] [ No.54,55: Calapan City, Mindoro ] [ No.65-67: Verge Island Passage (the epicentral area) ]

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M.Yoshimine
Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Civil Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 197-0397, JAPAN
tel.+81-426-77-2773 fax.+81-426-77-2772