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January 09, 2025

DANAS Project Launches Sourcebooks to Enhance Disaster Preparedness

The DANAS Project (Earthquake, Tsunami, and Volcano Disaster Narratives for Experiential Knowledge-based Science Communication) successfully launched its Sourcebooks on November 28 and December 9, 2024. The Sourcebooks, developed by the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS), in collaboration with Don Mariano Marcos Memorial…

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January 09, 2025

PRESS RELEASE: DOST-PHIVOLCS Launches Earthquake Sourcebook in Ilokano to Empower Communities in Disaster Preparedness

The DANAS Project or Disaster Narratives for Experiential Knowledge-based Science Communication, a collaborative initiative of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS), Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU)-La Union, and the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), is proud to announce the launch of…

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December 27, 2024

Briefer on the Recent Earthquakes in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur As of 27 December 2024

On  26  December 2024,  a magnitude (Mw) 5.3  earthquake with  a depth of 12  km struck Talacogon, Agusan del Sur in Eastern Mindanao. This was followed by several aftershocks, of which, the magnitude (Mw) 4.6  with a depth of 7 km was the largest, so far  (Figure 1).   The magnitude…

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December 23, 2024

DOST-PHIVOLCS releases Kanlaon Volcano Ash Emission simulations

The DOST-PHIVOLCS used computer simulations of the Kanlaon Volcano ash emission on December 23, 2024 to guide ashfall impact mapping in the communities. These maps were generated using plume height data from DOST-PHIVOLCS and a volume of 3 million- and 5 million- cubic meters, and an eruption duration of 2 hours.   Protect…

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December 20, 2024

UPDATE ON THE SEQUENCE OF EARTHQUAKES OFFSHORE OF ILOCOS SUR, PHILIPPINES

As of 06:00 PM of 20 December 2024   The DOST-PHIVOLCS Philippine Seismic Network has monitored a sequence of earthquakes with preliminary epicenters clustering offshore in the West Philippine Sea, approximately 100 km WNW of Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur. Since 04:02 AM (PST) of 17 December 2024, a total of…

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