The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology has reminded the public to use a mobile app that it developed several years ago and is readily accessible, to check the structural integrity of their homes.
• In 2015, the biggest earthquake drill in the National Capital Region is still remembered for the information the exercise gave – that government units and private sector groups have established disaster preparedness plans.
• A helicopter simulating the rescue of earthquake victims, a motorboat fe
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said there would be more casualties if the magnitude 7 earthquake that occurred in Abra would take place in densely populated areas like the National Capital Region (NCR), according to Joseph Morong’s “24 Oras” report on Thursday.