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JDR Vol.10 No.1 pp. 43-50
(2015)
doi: 10.20965/jdr.2015.p0043

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Establishment of Earthquake Intensity Meter Network in the Philippines

Melchor Lasala*, Hiroshi Inoue**, Roberto Tiglao*,
Zhengying Fan**, Bartolome Bautista*, and Ishmael Narag*

*Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), PHIVOLCS Building, C. P. Garcia Ave, U. P. Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

**National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), 3-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0006, Japan

Received:
August 29, 2014
Accepted:
January 22, 2015
Published:
February 1, 2015
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Keywords:
earthquake intensity scale, acceleration, seismic network development
Abstract
A network of realtime intensity meters is being established in different parts of the Philippines under a Japan-Philippines cooperation. The intensity meters can record and transmit on a near real-time basis the site-specific levels of groundshaking in terms of macroseismic intensity, peak ground acceleration and peak ground velocity. The intensity meters evaluate earthquake effects using the Philippine earthquake intensity scale – PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale (PEIS). Deployment of the instruments was planned according to an optimum distribution with respect to active earthquake generators and vulnerable communities. All manned seismic stations of PHIVOLCS were equipped with an intensity meter while the rest was deployed in relevant disaster risk reduction and management centers. In its initial operation which started in 2012, the network captured several significant earthquakes such as the Mw7.2 in Bohol in 2013.
Cite this article as:
M. Lasala, H. Inoue, R. Tiglao, Z. Fan, B. Bautista, and I. Narag, “Establishment of Earthquake Intensity Meter Network in the Philippines,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.10 No.1, pp. 43-50, 2015.
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