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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]
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 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.
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.
Aug 17, 2015 · 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,...
Aug 18, 2024 · MANILA – As a journalist, I had the rare privilege to cover the devastating 8.1 magnitude earthquake-tsunami that struck Mindanao on August 17, 1976. In a blink of an eye, it killed over 8,000 people, injured some 10,000 others and destroyed countless homes and infrastructure.
Aug 17, 2021 · 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…
Apr 1, 1979 · The Philippine earthquake of 1976 August 16, is one of the largest to have occurred world-wide in recent years (Mw = 8.8; Ms = 7.8; seismic moment, Mo = 1.9 × 10 28 dyne-cm).
Oct 21, 2019 · As the clock stroke 11 minutes past midnight of August 17, a destructive earthquake suddenly shook the island of Mindanao. 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
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.
