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1990 Luzon earthquake

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.

1990 Luzon earthquake
1990 Luzon earthquake · Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
16 Jul 1990
Where
Philippines
Era
Contemporary

Topics

Philippines1521 – today

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