Philippines

The Philippines area is also greatly affected by natural disasters. Earthquakes affect the Philippines greatly and cause a great amount of damage and loss.

1990 Luzon earthquake

The 1990 Luzon earthquake occurred on Monday, July 16, 1990, at 4:26 PM local time in the Philippines. The densely populated island of Luzon was struck by an earthquake with a 7.8 M. The earthquake produced a 125 km-long ground rupture that stretched from Dingalan, Aurora to Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya as a result of strike-slip movements along the Philippine Fault Zone and the Digdig Fault. The earthquake epicenter was placed near the town of Rizal, Nueva Ecija, northeast of Cabanatuan City. The earthquake caused damage in an area of about 20,000 square kilometers, from northwest of Manila through the Central Luzon and into the mountains of the Cordillera Administrative Region. About 1,600 people were killed, mostly in the central Luzon and Cordillera region. This was one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in the Philippines.

If you are in this area and need to contact the emergency services you can call 166 or 117