{"id":99289,"date":"2017-04-21T02:38:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T06:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=99289"},"modified":"2017-04-21T02:38:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T06:38:51","slug":"phivolcs-asked-to-allay-fears-on-quakes-thru-effective-info-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/21\/phivolcs-asked-to-allay-fears-on-quakes-thru-effective-info-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Phivolcs asked to allay fears on quakes thru effective info campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_97464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97464\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/421737_283306495111589_820447236_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97464\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/421737_283306495111589_820447236_n.png\" alt=\"To allay fears and encourage preparedness in responding to earthquakes, a Senator on Thursday urged the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) to assure that scientific information they gather is effectively shared to public.  (Photo: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS-DOST)\/Facebook)\" width=\"206\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/421737_283306495111589_820447236_n.png 206w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/421737_283306495111589_820447236_n-17x20.png 17w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To allay fears and encourage preparedness in responding to earthquakes, a Senator on Thursday urged the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) to assure that scientific information they gather is effectively shared to public.<br \/>(Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PHIVOLCS\/photos\/a.283306491778256.59158.283303355111903\/283306495111589\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS-DOST)\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014To allay fears and encourage preparedness in responding to earthquakes, a Senator on Thursday urged the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) to assure that scientific information they gather is effectively shared to public.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino IV made this call after a series of earthquakes rocked different parts of the country which prompted some people to panic and spread false information online predicting the exact date and location of the &#8220;Big One.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scientific data gathered by Phivolcs is crucial in the mitigation, preparedness and response to the hazards and impacts of earthquakes,&#8221; Aquino said.<\/p>\n<p>The senator also pointed out that there have also been articles that present \u201ccontradictory\u201d safety tips in case of earthquakes and disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino, meanwhile, filed Senate Resolution No. 343 seeking proper information dissemination to help government agencies, local government units (LGUs) and communities mitigate, respond and recover from the effects of earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p>In April, 11 earthquakes of at least 5.0 magnitude rocked different parts of the country, including Batangas, Lanao del Sur and Davao.<\/p>\n<p>Phivolcs has already installed earthquake monitoring equipment in Wao, Lanao del Norte and Dinagat Island to enhance its observation capabilities on earth movement.<\/p>\n<p>The agency currently operates a network of 93 seismic stations spread across the Philippines to determine the location and characteristics of earthquakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014To allay fears and encourage preparedness in responding to earthquakes, a Senator on Thursday urged the Philippine Institute of Volcanology &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":97464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,95],"tags":[13310,4243],"class_list":["post-99289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-philippine-institute-of-volcanology-and-seismology","tag-phivolcs","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99289","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=99289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}