September 16, 1852 Earthquake: Bataan, Rizal, Pampanga,manila, Luzon, Philippines

Reference #414:

September 16, 1852, 18:30 [local time], 14 N, 120.5 E, magnitude 7.5. There was a destructive earthquake in the central part of Luzon Island. The destruction was greatest in the provinces of Bataan, Cavite and Batangas. Here, not only did many buildings collapse, but the ground cracked and collapses and slumps occurred. Extensive damage was done in the province of Mindoro.

The zone of the greatest tremors apparently stretched from the Zambales Mts. to the coasts of the Province of Batangas and the northern part of Mindoro Island. The mountainous small island of Ivliva crumbled and disappeared under water in Subic Bay. The earthquake lasted about 3 minutes at Manila. Many buildings were destroyed or damaged.

Strong tremors were observed in the provinces of Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Zambales, Pampanga, and Bulacan. The bells rang by themselves in Nueva-Ecija Province. The tremors were felt onboard a ship at 17 deg 30 min N., 118 deg 50 min E.

At Manila, the sea rose considerably with a slight wind of variable direction, and the water phosphoresced.

Reference #1072:

September 19, 1852, 16:48:45, Central Luzon. Destructive earthquake which made itself felt with violence in the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Tayabas,

Batrlan, Zamhales, Pampanga, Bulacan, and Nueva Ecija. In Manila it damaged severely a great number of buildings, among them the cathedral and the churches of the Jesuits, San Miguel, and Paco, the church and convento at Pandacan (near Manila), and many houses. It is stated that the damage was (relatively) vastly greater in the Provinces of Bataan, Carite, and Batangas, where many fissures opened and subsidences and landslides occurred. The zone most severely chastised seems to have stretched from the Zainbales B'lonntaiii Range as far as the coasts; of Batangas and Northern Mindoro. Aftershocks were frequent

until the middle of October.

Reference #1055:

September 16, 1852, 10h45m UTC, Philippines, S. Luzon (Zamballo, Pampanga), Manila (Cavite and Batangas), intensity II which corresponds to buildings may be unroofed or shattered and some may fall, the ground may be badly cracked in places and small landslips occur.

Reference #1058:

September 16, 1852, Manila and SW Luzon, intensity IX, destructive.

Reference #1187:

September 16, 1852, Southwestern Luzon: Manila - an

earthquake which began with a gentle shaking movement and changed in a few moments to a north south oscillation which attained such strength that it moved the pendulum through 31 deg in its swing. The violence decreased for a moment and then there followed a terrible shaking and at the same time an east-west oscillation of such force that the pendulum mounted to 43 deg, the duration of the terrible earthquake being precisely one minute. Public buildings, the churches, the monasteries and private houses suffered serious damage, particularly the old church of the Society of Jesus, which collapsed in spite of its strong arches. The country house of Malacanyang has been left in a ruinous condition.

Reference #3029:

1852 September 16. 6:30 p.m. Southwestern Luzon... The tide was low at the time, which was fortunate, for if it had been high perhaps the water of the river would have flooded the low land outside the city and caused great alarm... There is scarcely an edifice which remains undamaged and hence the losses are incalculable. The personal losses are small, since they amount to three dead and one injured... Father Saderra Maso quotes some passages of the report in the Boletin Oficial, but gives the time as 6:45 instead of 6:30, and inserts a remark about the Pasig River which does not appear in the Boletfn. MSM, p. 36.