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Aug 17, 2015 · Almost 4 decades ago, the most devastating tsunami in the history of the Philippines hit the Moro Gulf region and killed around 8,000 people. But it also prompted a change in the country's disaster...
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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] .
Aug 17, 2022 · 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.
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.
Aug 12, 2022 · 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.
Top 5 Deadliest earthquake in Philippine historyLink: https://youtu.be/jFD-hlc2maYAugust 17, 1976Sa bilang na 8,000 ay pinagsamang bilang ng mga nasawi, naw...
Oct 21, 2019 · Its epicenter located near the town of Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, with a magnitude of 7.9. Dubbed as the Midnight Killer, the 1976 Moro Gulf Earthquake took away around 8,000 lives. Most of the casualties came from the residents living near the coastal areas.
