Disaster Prevention and

Mitigation Strategies How Safe is My House?

for Earthquakes

L u c i l l e R o s e D. S a n i c o
Science Research Specialist II
D O S T- P H IVOLC S

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Objective

At the end of this session, the participants should

be able to describe ways in which earthquake
disasters can be prevented or mitigated.

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 Disaster Prevention and
Mitigation Measures for
Earthquakes

Structural Measures Non-structural Measures

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Structural Measures Non-structural Measures

Observing the 5-meter zone of avoidance

Earthquake monitoring
from the fault when constructing structures
Adherence to the National Building Code of
Hazard and risk assessment
the Philippines (NBCP)
Seismic retrofitting for houses in areas
Land use and development planning
prone to strong shaking
Community-based early warning system for
Soil compaction techniques for liquefaction
hazards with lead time (e.g. tsunami)
Slope stabilization measures for landslides
Business or public service continuity
(e.g. shotcreting, terracing/benching,
planning
retaining wall, and drainages)
Construction of seawalls for tsunami Risk financing or insurance

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 https://hazardhunter.georisk.gov.ph

▪ Multi-hazard assessment for geological and hydro-meteorological hazards

▪ Hazards and exposure information map layers
▪ Near-real time earthquake monitoring
▪ Summary hazard assessment on active volcanoes
▪ Download hazard maps

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Hazard Assessment Using
HazardHunterPH
TYPE
HAZARDHUNTER.GEORISK.GOV.PH
IN YOUR DEVICE’S BROWSER

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Hazard Assessment Using
HazardHunterPH
There are four (4) options to begin Hazard Assessment.

Option 1
Type location, click “Search”.

Option 2
Click “Use Current Location” to use your gadget’s GPS for
assessment.

Option 3
Click “Use Coordinates” to input coordinates (longitude &
latitude).

Option 4
Click “Go to Map View” to zoom in to a particular location an
area of interest.
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Hazard Assessment Using
HazardHunterPH

Double-click or tap on the map

to start hazard assessment

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Hazard Assessment Using
HazardHunterPH

Wait for assessment to finish,

then click “See Result”
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Hazard Assessment Using
HazardHunterPH

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 Click to
Liquefaction
choose
Hazard
seismic
hazards

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 Active Fault

Click to choose
location of DepEd
schools
Liquefaction
Hazard

School Location

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Earthquake Monitoring Using
HazardHunterPH

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 Choose Earthquake
Turn on/off earthquake
updates and alert sound

Earthquake count
Turn on/off earthquake
plot display on the map

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 Choose
Year & Month

Choose
Date Range

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 Choose
Magnitude
Range

Choose Depth
Range

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 Click
“More Information”

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 How Safe is My House?

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How Safe is My House?

▪ For concrete hollow block houses up

to 2-storey high
▪ Easy, manageable, inexpensive test
▪ 12-item test
▪ Should encourage us to have our
houses checked by professionals

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Summary
- Know your hazards.
- Use HazardHunterPH to know your hazards.
- Note: 5m zone of avoidance
- Use the How Safe is My House? checklist to
understand and evaluate the integrity of your
house and its vulnerability to earthquakes.
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References

▪ The GeoRisk Philippines Initiative: Innovations for Resilience, presentation by

Hanz Cesar Alejandria (DOST-PHIVOLCS)

▪ HazardHunter Philippines: Hazard Assessment at Your Fingertips,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exxqZVBHSHw

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