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…

In 2025, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) will fully implement a technical cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), titled “The Project for Capacity Development for Monitoring and Information Dissemination of Earthquake, Tsunami, and Volcano.” A Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) Meeting among…

The "Project for Capacity Development for Monitoring and Information Dissemination of Earthquake, Tsunami, and Volcano" will be in full swing in 2025 by the DOST-PHIVOLCS in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). A Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) Meeting among the cooperating agencies—DOST, Office of Civil Defense (OCD), Central…

Eric Lino Arconado, Christian Joseph Clarito, Deborah Fernandez, Roger Paderna, Nicole Khaye Mariano, Jerome Peter Traviña, Benjamin Tanatan, and Ma. Antonia Bornas   On 14 November 2024, the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) successfully commissioned two (2) new ScanDOAS stations on the…

In a pioneering effort to improve science communication and disaster preparedness, the DANAS Project or the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Volcano Disaster Narratives for Experiential Knowledge-based Science Communication Project launches Sourcebooks highlighting experiential knowledge, expressed in local languages, to link technical information and community experience and bridge the gap in science…