{"id":100448,"date":"2017-04-30T02:04:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T06:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=100448"},"modified":"2017-04-30T02:04:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T06:04:46","slug":"ndrrmc-on-red-alert-as-magnitude-7-2-quake-hits-davao-occidental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/30\/ndrrmc-on-red-alert-as-magnitude-7-2-quake-hits-davao-occidental\/","title":{"rendered":"NDRRMC on &#8216;red alert&#8217; as magnitude 7.2 quake hits Davao Occidental"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_100449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100449\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_davao_occidental.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100449\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_davao_occidental.png\" alt=\"The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has placed its operations center on red alert following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Saturday. (Photo:  Eugene Alvin Villar\/ Wikipedia)\" width=\"300\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_davao_occidental.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ph_locator_map_davao_occidental-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has placed its operations center on red alert following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Saturday. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\">Eugene Alvin Villar\/ Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has placed its operations center on red alert following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>This took place around 9 a.m. of April 29, NDRRMC executive director Ricardo Jalad said in an update.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the NDRRM Operations Center was on &#8220;blue alert&#8221; but Saturday&#8217;s massive quake prompted the raising of &#8220;red alert&#8221; for possible contigencies.<\/p>\n<p>Jalad also ordered all Office of Civil Defense, provincial and local disaster response units in the affected areas to undertake precautionary measures and monitor possible after effects of the tremblor.<\/p>\n<p>The strong earthquake, which struck 4:23 a.m. near Sarangani town in Davao Occidental, also prompted the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) to issue a tsunami advisory.<\/p>\n<p>PHIVOLCS also warned residents and tourists to stay away from beaches fronting the Celebes Sea from 4:28 a.m. to 5:23 a.m. because of possible big waves generated by the quake.<\/p>\n<p>The agency lifted the advisory a few minutes before 7 a.m., saying the threat of any tsunami had passed and only a 10-centimeter wave was monitored.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake was felt at Intensity 5 in General Santos City; Koronadal City, South Cotabato; Santa Maria, Jose Abad Santos, and Don Marcelino towns, as well as Balot Island of Davao Occidental; Polomolok and Tupi, South Cotabato; Alabel, Malapatan, and Glan towns of Sarangani province; and in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has placed its operations center on red alert following the magnitude &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":100449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[7166,6618,5973],"class_list":["post-100448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-davao-occidental","tag-national-disaster-risk-reduction-and-management-council","tag-sarangani","mauthors-philippien-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}