The lack of studies on Filipinos preparedness in natural calamities such as earthquakes, specifically "The Big One", posed the necessity for researchers to assess the preparedness and disaster mitigation. This study aimed to assess the driving factors that significantly influence the intention to ...
+How frequent are earthquakes in the Philippines? The Philippines have a very high level of seismic activity. Based on data from the past 15 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 13,000 quakes on average per year in the Philippines. The Philippines have had at leas...
Earthquake January 1, 2013 Earthquakes 2012 in the Philippines Last year we recorded 1324 earthquakes in the Philippines. 10 of these quakes were dangerous and at least one of them created big damages in Negros. We identified 3 hot spots where earthquake accumulate: 1. The... 0 Earthquake...
The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake: Regia di Larry Elikann. Con Joanna Kerns, Dan Lauria, Bonnie Bartlett, Lindsay Frost. After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and
Those living in the Pacific Northwest have been warned about the so-called big one for decades. Its a super earthquake that would wreak havoc on coastal communities. Its unclear when the quake might hit, but as Richard Zussman reports, new research provi
According to Indian mythology the world rests on the head of a great elephant, 'Muha-pudma', and when, for the sake of rest, the huge monster refreshes itself by moving its head, an earthquake is produced. The lamas say that the earth is placed on the back of a giant frog, and wh...
rated above magnitude 6.0 have wracked the volcanic Philippines over the last century.A direct hit on Manila from such a seismic event would do untold damage to this compact city of 15 square miles and more than 1.5 million people. More than 10,000 would likely die in such an earthquake. ...
Northern part of the long Pacific Ocean fault most likely to produce a major earthquake, scientists sayNew research offers a clearer picture of a fault line hundreds of kilometres long off the West Coast that is predicted to generate a...
The Focus of the earthquake was in a depth of 183 km. In Uyugan the quake was... 1 Earthquake January 1, 2013 Earthquakes 2012 in the Philippines Last year we recorded 1324 earthquakes in the Philippines. 10 of these quakes were dangerous and at least one of them created big ...
A big one, though not the big one: the earthquake scenario: despite the high level of earthquake preparedness in many parts of California, losses--both human and property--are still breathtakingly high when nature decides to shake things up with a magnitude 7.0 quake.(Top 10 risks: ...