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Strongest earthquake 8.2 Mw 1948 Lady Caycay earthquake Deadliest earthquake 8.0 Mw 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake 5,000–8,000 killed |
The Philippines lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, which causes the country to have frequent seismic and volcanic activity. Much larger numbers of earthquakes of smaller magnitude occur very regularly due to the meeting of major tectonic plates in the region.
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17th century
18th century
19th century
Early 20th century
Mid to late 20th century
21st century
Deadliest earthquakes
The table below is a tally of the ten deadliest recorded earthquakes in the Philippines since the 1600s:
References
List of earthquakes in the Philippines Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA