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Col
legeofEngineer
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Ci
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neer
ingDepartment
CE425-EARTHQUAKEENGI NEERI
NG

NAME: CLARI TO, MI RI AM D.

SECTI ON: 7
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rst
mustknowi fsuchpl acei sapr onet oear thquakef orust opr ev entgr eatdamageandl ossof
l
ifeincaseofear thquake, earthquakeengi neer ingismostusef ulinst r uctur al engi neer ingby
reduci ngt her i
skofpr oper tydamage, acci dentorwor stdeat hdesi gningnewst ruct uresso
theywi llresi stst ronggr oundshaki ngast heconst ruct i
onofhi gh- ri
sebui ldi ngsasi ncreased
i
nt her ecenty ear sandt henumberofoccupant sinabui l
dingi ncr easi ng, str uct ur al
designer shav ebeengi vingmor eimpor tancet oear t
hquake- inducedl oadsf ordesi gninga
buildingal ongt aki ngi nt oconsi der ati
ont heDead, Liv eandWi ndLoads.
Asei smogr aphi st hepr imar year t
hquakemeasur i
ngi nstrumentandt hedi gital recor ding
i
scal ledasei smogr aph, anet wor kofwor l
dwi desei smogr aphsdet ect sandmeasur est he
strengt handdur at ionoft heear t
hquakeswav es.Byt hisinstrumentwecandet ectwhi chpar t
orlocat ionoft heear thwi llthegr eatmagni tudeofear thquakewi l
l occurt hent heconcer ned
gov ernmentagenci eswi ll t
akeact ionandi nf orm peopl et oev acuat eandpr epar et hemsel ves
foragr eatear thquakei nt ensit ywher easi nsomear east hatonl yl owmagni tudeand
i
ntensi tyt ojustbepr epar edandt akepr ecaut i
onaryact i
onf ort hei ncomi ngear thquaket hus
theydon' tneedt oev acuat e.
Ear thquakei sv er yhazar dousandt hat 'st her easonwhywheni toccurt hedi fferentsect or
ofourcount r yisgr eat l
yaf fectedspeci allyourcount r yPhi li
ppi nesi sneari nt hePaci f
ic
Oceanwher eear thquakemost lyoccurt hedamageandpr oper tyinar easwi thhi gher
earthquakei ntensi tyandal sowor stist hel ossofl ife.
Thegov ernmentmadeapl anandpr ogr amsanddi sast err i
skr educt ionandmanagement
especi allyinoccur renceofanear thquakeandi tsef fecti tisthePHI VOLCSwhi chi si n
char geont hemoni tor i
ng, datacol lectinganddi ssemi natingi nformat ionsot hatpeopl ecan
beawar eandbepr epar edont hepr eoccur renceofanear thquakeoneoft hepr ogr amsi st he
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ngI nf ormat iont hisprogr am prov i
desaccur at eandt i
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nf ormat iononsi gni ficantear thquakesandt sunami ev entst hatmaysi gni ficant lyi mpactt he
Philippi nest hrought heenhancementandcont inuousoper ationoft heear thquakeand
tsunami moni t
or ingsy stem i nt hePhi l
ippi nes.
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snear estact i
v ef aultisappr oxi mat ely12. 1
km Sout h-eastoft heWestVal leyFaul toft heWestPanayFaul tandmypl acei ssaf ef r
om
groundr upt ur ebuti tispr onet ogr oundshaki ngandi ti salsosaf ef rom ear thquakei nduced
l
andsl idet ol iquef act ioni sl eastsuscept iblei nmypl aceandi tissaf ef rom t sunami .
AsIam pr act icingasal i
censedengi neeronmychosenf i
eldofspeci ali
zat ioni wi l
lmake
suret hatt hest ruct uredi wi llbillisst rongt hatcanwi thstandont hest ronggr oundshaki ng
West ernI nst itut eofTechnol ogy
Col
legeofEngineer
ing
Ci
vi
l Engi
neer
ingDepartment
CE425-EARTHQUAKEENGI NEERI
NG

NAME: CLARITO,MI
RIAM D.
SECTI
ON: 7
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causedbyear thquake.Asaci vi
lengineerwhenev eri
hearedornewandi will
bev i
gil
antif
ther
eisani ncomingear thquakei wil
lhelpindi
sseminat
ingi nformati
onsot hatpeoplecan
bepreparedorcanev acuateearlytoav oi
ddamageandf urtheraccidents,duri
ngan
eart
hquakei willt
ellpeopleorteacht hem whattodoandaf tertheearthquakei wi
llhel
p
peopleespeciall
yonmedi calat
tenti
onandcl ear
ingadebrist hatwerescatteredbythe
eart
hquake.