The ceremonial turnover of Japan International Cooperation Agency or JICA to PHIVOLCS of the new equipment for monitoring of earthquake and tsunami.
MAKATI CITY, Philippines — Japan International Cooperation Agency or JICA hands over PHIVOLCS new equipment for earthquake and tsunami monitoring.
These include 10 broadband strong motion seismometers; 36 strong motion seismometers; 19 sea-level monitoring stations and 240 intensity meters.
According to PHIVOLCS director Renato Solidum, the agency will be more accurate now in measuring earthquake and tsunami using the broadband strong motion seismometers.
“Yung ten broadband strong motion recorders kahit magnitude nine pa yung earthquake, mako-compute mo na,” he said. (The 10 broadband strong motion recorders can compute even the magnitude 9 earthquake.)
Even the changes in sea level or the occurrence of tsunami can be easily detected by the sea-level monitoring stations via satellite in the whole country.
The equipment costs 800 million yen or 300 million pesos.
PHIVOLCS said, the Philippines is not lagging behind other countries in terms of earthquake and tsunami monitoring.
Meanwhile, PHIVOLCS is targeting to launch this year a fault finder web and mobile application. Using this app a user can easily locate how close a particular area is to the fault line.
The app shows a map that allows you to click a province, town or barangay. It will tell how far the center of the baranggay is from the fault.
The publics’ level of awareness increased when the valley fault system map was released.
Request for seminars and evaluation of places also increased. After the map’s launch, the number of requests they normally receive in a year was achieved in two months.
Solidum says, the valley fault system map helps warn residents of the potential danger they may face. (UNTV News)
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