Tags: General News, Typhoons and Natural Disasters
By Anna Valmero
DUMAGUETE, NEGROS ORIENTAL—The Department of Science and Technology sent a team of experts to assess the extent of the damage brought by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit Visayas.
The team will cover the Negros-Cebu area, particularly the hazards caused by the earthquake such as landslides, liquefaction, ground rupture, tsunami and other developments in the areas near the epicenter, said DOST secretary Mario Montejo.
“We are doing this to deepen our own knowledge of what happened and continually provide our people with the relevant information they need to understand this earthquake event and how to cope with its effects,” said Montejo in a statement.
The team is headed by Mariton Bornas, chief of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) and senior science specialist Mabel Abigania.
The team of of geologists and seismologists are set to arrive in Dumaguete City Tuesday afternoon to immediately conduct post-earthquake assessment at the Tayasan and Libertad areas in Negros Oriental.
Montejo instructed the team to install instruments to gather intensity reports and determine the strength of ground shaking in various areas.
Using portable seismic monitoring equipment and video documentation, the team plans to accurately identify the location of the epicenter of the aftershocks, and the fault plain that caused the main shock.
Meanwhile, the public will be given on-site review lectures on what to do during and after an earthquake.
Meanwhile, DOST-Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum said that Monday’s earthquake was different from the 1990 earthquake in Northern Luzon although they had same magnitude.
He explained that the 1990 earthquake was caused by a horizontal fault while the Negros-Cebu quake was due to a thrust fault, “which is similar to two cars colliding, and the hood of one car is on top of the other.”
Since the 6.9 magnitude earthquake at 11:49 AM Monday, DOST-Phivolcs has recorded about 890 aftershocks.
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