On July 16 , 1990 , the major 1990 Luzon earthquake of magnitude 7.7 struck northern Central Luzon and the Cordilleras . This was the largest earthquake recorded in 1990 , comparable in size to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake . Its epicenter was in the municipality of Rizal , Nueva Ecija , about northeast of Pinatubo , and faulted northwest-southeast through three provinces
2008 Sichuan earthquake
2008 Sichuan earthquake
Mount Pinatubo