December 1770 Tsunami: W. Luzon Island, Philippines

Reference #414:

1770, December [no date], 21:00. A strong shock was felt at Manila. Several homes were destroyed. The earthquake began with a sharp southern wind, which caused a rough sea.

Reference #1187:

1770, December, 9-11 p.m. Manila: Violent, and destroyed many houses. Within an hour, felt three shocks which caused the author a sudden jump of the heart. Vessels in the bay felt the shocks and thought they had struck the bottom of a reef.

Reference #1072:

1770, December, 23:00, intensity VIII. Destructive earthquake. Mr. Sonnerat states that it wrecked many houses in Manila. This traveler was at the time on board a ship in the very Bay of Manila; hence it is very strange that he does not give the day of the month on which the disaster took place.

Reference #1058:

1770, December, intensity VII. Manila, destructive.

Reference #3029:

1770 December. 9:00-11:00 p.m. Manila. These earthquakes were reported by Sonnerat without giving the date: "There are many volcanoes in the island of Luzon and they may well be the cause of the frequent earthquakes to which the island is subjected; there is not a year without two, three, or four being felt... It seems, as M. Legentil has forcefully said, that the earthquakes come more frequently at the end of the year, and most of them occur at night; I felt two in 1770, in the month of December; the first was violent and destroyed some houses; it was preceded at nine o'clock in the evening by a very strong south wind, which agitated the sea; the sky was covered with a reddish haze; and during two hours I felt three successive shocks, which gave me a palpitation of the heart. The ships which were anchored in the roadstead felt the same motions and one would believe they had touched bottom." MSo, II, 111-112, in the two-volume set. AP, p. 165.