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Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Table 4 Historical extreme wave events in west Luzon

From: Occurrence of 1 ka-old corals on an uplifted reef terrace in west Luzon, Philippines: Implications for a prehistoric extreme wave event in the South China Sea region

Tsunami

Deadliest and most destructive typhoonsa

Year

Magnitude (Ms)

Tsunami probability

Maximum tsunami height (m)

Year

Storm name (local name)

JMA scale

Saffir–Simpson scale (category)

1677

7.3

Possible

No data

1867b

N/A

  

1828

6.6

Positive

1

1881b

Haiphong

  

1852

7.6

Possible

No data

1894b

N/A

  

1862

6.1

Doubtful

No data

1897b

N/A

  

1863

6.5

Positive

1

1984b

Ike (Nitang)

Typhoon

4

1872

6.8

Probable

No data

1990

Mike (Ruping)

Typhoon

5

1924

7.0

Positive

1

1991b

Thelma (Uring)

Tropical storm

Tropical storm

1983

6.5

Positive

1

1995

Angela (Rosing)

Typhoon

5

1934

7.6

Positive

2

2004b

Winnie

Tropical depression

N/A

1937

7.5

Positive

No data

2006b

Durian (Reming)

Typhoon

4

1939

6.5

Doubtful

No data

2008b

Fengshen (Frank)

Typhoon

3

1990

7.8

Positive

2

2009

Parma (Pepeng); Ketsana (Ondoy)

Typhoon

4; 2

1999

6.8

Positive

1.5

2010

Megi (Juan)

Typhoon

5

    

2011

Nesat (Pedring)

Typhoon

4

    

2012b

Bopha (Pablo)

Typhoon

5

    

2013b

Haiyan (Yolanda)

Typhoon

5

    

2014

Rammasun (Glenda)

Typhoon

5

  1. aData from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and compilation of Ribera et al. (2008) from Miguel Selga’s Catalogue of typhoons 13481934
  2. bDeath toll more than 1000