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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

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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 EUROPE Zone

Algeria = Algier & Oran 3.0 France = Marseille & Nice 3.0
Ethiopia = Asmara 3.0 Greece = Athens 3.0
Malawi = Blantyre, Lilongwe, & Zomba 3.0 Thessaloniki 4.0
Morocco = Tabgier 3.0 Iceland = Keflavik 3.0
South Africa = Capetown 3.0 Reykjavik 4.0
Southern Rhodesia = Salisbury 3.0 Italy = Aviano AFB, Genoa, Naples, & Trieste 3.0
Tunisia = Tunis 3.0 Sicily 4.0
Zaire = Bukava 3.0 Portugal = Lisbon 4.0
Opporto 3.0
ASIA

Afghanistan = Kabul 4.0 SOUTH AMERICA

Burma = Mandalay & Rangoon 3.0
China = Peking & Tihwa 4.0 Bolivia = La Paz 3.0
Tsingtao 3.0 Chile = Santiago 4.0
Cyprus = Nicosia 3.0 Colombia = Bogota 4.0
India = Bombay & New Delhi 3.0 Ecuador = Quito 4.0
Indonesia = Bandung, Jakarta, & Surabaya 4.0 Guayaquil 3.0
Medan 3.0 Peru = Lima & Piura 4.0
Iran = Isfahan, Shiraz, & Tehran 3.0 Venezuela = Caracas 4.0
Tabriz 4.0 Fiji = Sura 3.0
Iraq = Baghdad 3.0 Mariana Islands = Guam, Saipan, & Tinian 3.0
Israel = Haifa, Jerusalem, & Tel Aviv 3.0 New Guinea = Port Moresby 3.0

Japan = Itazuke AFB, Misawa AFB, &

Wakanai 3.0 NORTH AMERICA - United States
Okinawa, Osaka, Kobe, Tokyo,
Yokohama, & Yokota 4.0 Alaska 3.0 & 4.0
Lebanon = Beirut 3.0 Washington 3.0
Nepal = Katmandu 4.0 California 4.0
Pakistan = Karachi & Peshawar 4.0 Utah 3.0
Syria = Aleppo & Damascus 3.0 Wyoming 4.0
Taiwan = All Parts Of The Country 4.0
Turkey = Istanbul & Karamursel 3.0 Some parts of Alaska, Washington, California, Utah, and
Wyoming are mapped into the Zone 3.0 & Zone 4.0
CARIBBEAN SEA Vancouver, BC. Canada may also be tabulated into Seismic
Zone 3.0 & Zone 4.0 in the Western Region Of North
Dominican Republic = Sto. Domingo 3.0 America due to Ms = 6.8 up to 8.0 Magnitude in the Richter
Haiti = Port Au Prince 3.0 Scale.
Jamaica = Kingston 3.0
Puerto Rico 3.0
Trinidad 3.0 PACIFIC OCEAN AREA

CENTRAL AMERICA
SAMOA 3.0
Costa Rica = San Jose 3.0
El Salvador = San Salvador 4.0 NEW ZEALAND = Auckland 3.0
Guatemala 4.0 Wellington 4.0
Honduras = Tegucigalpa 3.0
Mexico = Guadalajara, Mexico City, & Tijuana 3.0
Nicaragua = Managua 4.0
PHILIPPINES = Manila & Cebu 4.0
Panama = Colon & Panama 3.0 Davao
Baguio 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 Peak


Acceleration


1.0 ~ 3.4 I 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.


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, 0.015g up to
some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed, walls make 0.02g

cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building.
 Standing motor cars rocked noticeably.

 V. Felt by nearly everyone, many awakened. Some dishes, windows 0.03g up to
 broken. Unstable object overturned. Pendulum clock may stop. 0.04g

 4.9 ~ 6.1 VI ~ VII VI. Felt by all, many, many frightened. Some heavy furniture move, a 0.04g up to
 Few instances of fallen cement plaster. Damage slight. 0.08g


VII. Damage negligible in buildings of good design and construction. 0.08g up to
Slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures. Considerable 0.16g

damage in poorly built or badly designed structures. Some
 chimneys broken.


6.2 ~ 6.9 VIII ~ IX VIII. Damage slightly in specially designed structures, considerable

damage in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse.
 0.16g up to
Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory
 stacks, columns, monuments, and walls. Heavy furniture 0.32g
 overturned.

 IX. Damage considerable in specially designed structures, well-

designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in 0.32g up to
substantial buildings, with partial collapsed. Buildings shifted off 0.55g

foundations.


7.0 ~ 7.3 X X. Some well-built wooden structures destroyed, most masonry and 0.55g up to
 frame structures destroyed with foundations. Rails bent. 0.80g
 And And
 XI. Damage considerable in specially designed structures, well- 0.80g up to

7.4 ~ 8.1 Higher designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in 1.0g
substantial buildings, with partial collapsed. Buildings shifted off

Higher foundations.

 XII. Total damage. Lines of sight and level are destroyed. Objects More than
 thrown into the air. 1.0g


START OF CRITICAL LEVEL

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