Phivolcs turns over earthquake response atlases to 6 sites
MANILA-The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) virtually turned over on Friday its Specific Earthquake Project Site Response Atlases to six sites -- Pangasinan, Tarlac, Metro Iloilo-Guimaras, Cauayan City, Butuan City, and Mati City. The atlases are compilations of maps depicting site response and resulting earthquake ground motion to help increase the seismic resiliency of infrastructures in the study areas by providing ground motion data for seismic load design considerations. According to Phivolcs, these atlases include peak ground acceleration Maps, Vs30 model map...