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PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC, GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (PAGASA)

 

 

 

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY (PHIVOLCS)

Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Programs and Projects

The mandates of PHIVOLCS are carried out through its Volcano, Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction Programs and Projects. The following are the major programs that PHIVOLCS is currently implementing:

  1. Earthquake Monitoring
  2. Volcano Monitoring
  3. Active Faults Mapping and Paleoseismology
  4. Ground Deformation Studies of Active Faults by GPS
  5. Earthquake-related and Volcano-related Hazards Mapping
  6. Identification and Characterization of Volcanic Systems
  7. Development and Dissemination of Information on Volcano, Earthquake and Tsunami
  8. Communty-Based preparedness