The Philippines earthquake of July 16, 1990
Date
1991-03-31Authors
Hopkins, D. C.
Clark, W. D.
Matuschka, T
Sinclair, J. C.
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On July 16 1990, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 caused widespread damage, disruption and loss of life in Central Luzon, north of Manila.
This report presents the observations of a four person reconnaissance team (three engineers and an architect) sent to the Philippines two weeks after the earthquake, by the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering.
A summary and conclusions are presented first, with more detailed information following.