ABSTRACT
On 16th July 1990, a major earthquake struck the centre of Luzon, the largest and most developed of the Philippine Islands. The official statistics indicate that 1,200 people died, a further 1,000 are reported missing, 2,700 people were injured and 120,000 were rendered homeless. The earthquake caused widespread damage to engineered and non-engineered structures and gave rise to both extensive liquefaction and a major surface fault break. This paper briefly summarises the findings of an EEFIT team which visited the Philippines soon after the earthquake. More details are given in the team's full report ( 1 ) .
