PHIVOLCS

Molo, Glinel | Orille, Juan Miguel

Resurreccion, Kyla
PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)

PHIVOLCS

Is a service institute of the Department of Science and

Technology (DOST).
PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)

It is principally mandated to mitigate disasters that may arise from:

Volcanic eruptions Earthquakes

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It is principally mandated to mitigate disasters that may arise from:

Tsunami And other related geotectonic

phenomena
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A little bit of history 

Commission on Volcanology was formed after the 1951 Hibok-hibok

Volcano eruption.

Before the eruption, there was no government agency that seriously

monitors the active volcanoes in the country.

The commission was created to “safeguard life and property against

volcanic eruptions and its dangers.”

It was later renamed as Philippine Institute of

Volcanology and Seismology on 1982. Also, seismology
was moved to PHIVOLCS from PAGASA
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Why do we need PHIVOLCS?

Volcanoes
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Why do we need PHIVOLCS?

Tsunami
PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)
Why do we need PHIVOLCS?

Earthquakes
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Why do we need PHIVOLCS?

The Philippines has more seismologic and volcanic activities

compared to other countries because it is located on the Pacific
Ring of Fire.
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Why do we need PHIVOLCS?

The Philippines sits on different continental plates.

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Why do we need PHIVOLCS?

The Philippines has so many active faults within its territory.

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Why do we need PHIVOLCS?

The primary role of PHIVOLCS is to inform all people of the

Philippines about volcanic activities, earthquakes and other
geotectonic phenomena.

PHIVOLCS has numerous programs to raise awareness on both

eruption of volcanoes and earthquakes.
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Why do we need PHIVOLCS?

Examples of the programs made by PHIVOLCS:

Valley Fault System Atlas

- It is a detailed and updated map of the two major faults
in Metro Manila, West and East Valley Fault.

It is made in preparation for a

possible 7.2 magnitude
earthquake that may happen
this century.
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Why do we need PHIVOLCS?

Examples of the programs made by PHIVOLCS:

Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Prediction

PHIVOLCS devised a method on classifying

volcanoes to predict their future eruptions

An example would be Mayon

Volcano. PHIVOLCS uses their
data of its past eruptions to
predict the future activity of Mayon
Volcano. Especially because
Mayon is relatively active during
these past few years.
References:

Ranada, P.(2015) High resolution West Valley Fault maps launched. Retrieved
October 3, 2018, from https://amp.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/disasters/93575-valley-
fault-system-map-launch#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

(2008, May 09). PHIVOLCS volcano monitoring. Retrieved October 3, 2018,

from https://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50

(2008, May 08). About PHIVOLCS. Retrieved October 3, 2018, from

https://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13