Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator, Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno (Courtesy of OCD) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) stood in solidarity with Taiwan on Wednesday, Jan. 22, after it was struck by a destructive 6.4-magnitude earthquake. “Our sincerest sympathies are with the earthquake victims...
Phivolcs A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro at 6:42 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 20, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs initially reported the quake's origin near Calatagan, Batangas, and measured it at magnitude 5.4, but later revised it...
Phivolcs A new disaster preparedness tool in Ilokano was launched to shift the way local communities prepare for disasters. A collaboration between the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-La Union, and the University of the...
Phivolcs The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a 5.0-magnitude earthquake that struck offshore of Davao Occidental on Monday evening, Jan. 13. The quake, which occurred at 7:41 p.m., had its epicenter 42 kilometers northwest of Balut Island, Sarangani, Davao...
Senator Francis Tolentino has called on the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) to make weather advisories easier to understand for the ordinary Filipino. Tolentino said the agency should use terminologies that can be understood by Filipinos when making updates on...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office recorded damages from the 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Monday. AN establishment in Ilocos Norte sustains damage from the magnitude-5.6 earthquake. Ilocos Norte PDRRMO head Marcel Tabije...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices are closely monitoring the impact of the magnitude-5.6 earthquake that rocked Ilocos Norte on Monday, Dec. 30. READ:...
Screenshot of the time-lapse footage showing ash emissions from the summit crater of Kanlaon Volcano, recorded between 3:53 p.m. and 4:38 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. and 10:31 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. These events produced grayish plumes that rose 100 meters above the crater before drifting west....
Phivolcs A magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolted Ilocos Norte on Monday morning, Dec. 30, based on the earthquake bulletin from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The tremor was initially measured at magnitude 5.8. The earthquake occurred at 10:56 a.m. and its epicenter...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) directed its regional offices in Ilocos (Region 1), Cagayan Valley (Region 2), and Central Luzon (Region 3) to create a comprehensive tsunami evacuation plan in light of the movement of the Manila Trench that triggered an earthquake swarm. The OCD said Saturday,...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has recommended the inclusion of tsunami drills into the National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) following the series of earthquakes offshore Ilocos Sur. Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno, OCD administrator and executive director of the National Disaster Risk...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) urged the public Sunday, Dec. 22, to be on high alert and take immediate steps to prepare for potential tsunami threats amid a series of earthquakes offshore of Ilocos Sur. OCD Administrator, Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno directed the regional directors of civil...
