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NON-STRUCTURAL EARTHQUAKE SAFETY AND HAZARDS MITIGATION

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SEISMIC HAZARD MAP OF THE PHILIPPINES

0.60g

5.6 m/sec2

0.50g

4.8 m/sec2

0.40g

4.0 m/sec2

0.32g

3.2 m/sec2

0.24g

2.4 m/sec2

0.16g

1.6 m/sec2

0.08g

0.8 m/sec2

0.04g

0.4 m/sec2

0.02g

0.2 m/sec2

COURTESY OF THE
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (U.S.G.S.)
STRAND EARTHQUAKE CONSULTANTS - Los Angeles, CA. U.S.A.

FOUR MAJOR CITIES

OF THE PHILIPPINES
SEISMICALLY ACTIVE


Philippine Seismic Zone Map In Accordance To The Seismic Studies
By Torregoza, Sugito & Nojima Of The Gifu University In Japan And PHIVOLCS - Philippines.

WORLDWIDE SEISMIC ZONE TABULATIONS FOR COUNTRIES MAPPED INTO

SEISMIC ZONE 3.0 & ZONE 4.0 [ MAJOR EARTHQUAKE DISTURBANCES ]
SOURCE : TRI-SERVICES MANUAL FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
[ BASED ON THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE ]

AFRICA

Zone

Algeria = Algier & Oran

Ethiopia = Asmara
Malawi = Blantyre, Lilongwe, & Zomba
Morocco = Tabgier
South Africa = Capetown
Southern Rhodesia = Salisbury
Tunisia = Tunis
Zaire = Bukava

EUROPE

Zone

3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0

France = Marseille & Nice

Greece = Athens
Thessaloniki
Iceland = Keflavik
Reykjavik
Italy = Aviano AFB, Genoa, Naples, & Trieste
Sicily
Portugal = Lisbon
Opporto

4.0
3.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
4.0
3.0
3.0

SOUTH AMERICA
Bolivia = La Paz
Chile = Santiago
Colombia = Bogota
Ecuador = Quito
Guayaquil
Peru = Lima & Piura
Venezuela = Caracas
Fiji = Sura
Mariana Islands = Guam, Saipan, & Tinian
New Guinea = Port Moresby

3.0

NORTH AMERICA - United States

4.0
3.0
4.0
4.0
3.0
4.0
3.0

Alaska
Washington
California
Utah
Wyoming

3.0
3.0
4.0
3.0
4.0
3.0
4.0
4.0
3.0

ASIA
Afghanistan = Kabul
Burma = Mandalay & Rangoon
China = Peking & Tihwa
Tsingtao
Cyprus = Nicosia
India = Bombay & New Delhi
Indonesia = Bandung, Jakarta, & Surabaya
Medan
Iran = Isfahan, Shiraz, & Tehran
Tabriz
Iraq = Baghdad
Israel = Haifa, Jerusalem, & Tel Aviv
Japan = Itazuke AFB, Misawa AFB, &
Wakanai
Okinawa, Osaka, Kobe, Tokyo,
Yokohama, & Yokota
Lebanon = Beirut
Nepal = Katmandu
Pakistan = Karachi & Peshawar
Syria = Aleppo & Damascus
Taiwan = All Parts Of The Country
Turkey = Istanbul & Karamursel
CARIBBEAN SEA
Dominican Republic = Sto. Domingo
Haiti = Port Au Prince
Jamaica = Kingston
Puerto Rico
Trinidad

3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0

3.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
3.0
4.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
3.0

3.0 & 4.0

3.0
4.0
3.0
4.0

Some parts of Alaska, Washington, California, Utah, and

Wyoming are mapped into the Zone 3.0 & Zone 4.0
Vancouver, BC. Canada may also be tabulated into Seismic
Zone 3.0 & Zone 4.0 in the Western Region Of North
America due to Ms = 6.8 up to 8.0 Magnitude in the Richter
Scale.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA

CENTRAL AMERICA
Costa Rica = San Jose
El Salvador = San Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras = Tegucigalpa
Mexico = Guadalajara, Mexico City, & Tijuana
Nicaragua = Managua
Panama = Colon & Panama

3.0
4.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
4.0
3.0

SAMOA

3.0

NEW ZEALAND = Auckland

Wellington

3.0
4.0

PHILIPPINES = Manila & Cebu

Davao
Baguio

4.0













4.0


Magnitude Versus Intensity

Magnitude and Intensity measures different characteristics of earthquakes. Magnitude measures the energy released at the
source of the earthquake. Magnitude is determine from measuring seismographs. Intensity measures the strength of shaking
produced by earthquake at a certain location. Intensity is determined from the effects on people, human structures, and the
natural environment.
The following table gives intensities that are typically observe at locations near the epicenter of earthquakes of different
magnitude. Magnitude in the Richter Scale Vs. Modified Mercalli Scale.

Magnitude

Intensity

Description

1.0 ~ 3.4

I. Not felt except by a very few under especially favorable conditions.

3.5 ~ 4.2

II ~ III

II. Felt only by few persons at rest, especially upper floors of buildings.

Peak
Acceleration






III. Felt quite noticeably by persons indoors, especially on upper floors

of buildings. Many people dont recognize it as an earthquake.
Standing motor cars may rock slightly. Vibrations similar to the
passing truck. Duration estimated








4.3 ~ 4.8

IV ~ V




IV. Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. At night,
some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed, walls make
cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building.
Standing motor cars rocked noticeably.

0.015g up to
0.02g

V. Felt by nearly everyone, many awakened. Some dishes, windows

broken. Unstable object overturned. Pendulum clock may stop.

0.03g up to
0.04g

VI. Felt by all, many, many frightened. Some heavy furniture move, a
Few instances of fallen cement plaster. Damage slight.

0.04g up to
0.08g

VII. Damage negligible in buildings of good design and construction.

Slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures. Considerable
damage in poorly built or badly designed structures. Some
chimneys broken.

0.08g up to
0.16g







4.9 ~ 6.1

VI ~ VII










6.2 ~ 6.9

VIII ~ IX





VIII. Damage slightly in specially designed structures, considerable

damage in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse.
Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory
stacks, columns, monuments, and walls. Heavy furniture
overturned.

0.16g up to
0.32g

IX. Damage considerable in specially designed structures, welldesigned frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in
substantial buildings, with partial collapsed. Buildings shifted off
foundations.

0.32g up to
0.55g

X. Some well-built wooden structures destroyed, most masonry and

frame structures destroyed with foundations. Rails bent.

0.55g up to
0.80g

XI. Damage considerable in specially designed structures, welldesigned frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in
substantial buildings, with partial collapsed. Buildings shifted off
foundations.

0.80g up to
1.0g

XII. Total damage. Lines of sight and level are destroyed. Objects
thrown into the air.

More than
1.0g








7.0 ~ 7.3

And

And

7.4 ~ 8.1

Higher








Higher





START OF CRITICAL LEVEL

Courtesy Of Federal Emergency Management Agency - U.S.A.