Tsunamis in Philippines
Posted in Advisory, Announcements, General on 03/01/2010 10:01 am by janicav
Sunday yesterday a report has been announced that a tsunami will hit the Philippines in different regions due to the massive earthquake at Chile. Hundreds of people hoped that no tsunami will happen in the country. It was announced that the said tsunami will hit the Philippines at 1-2.:30 p.m. on Sunday.
“The estimated arrival time of the first tsunami waves is between 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (Philippine Time) on 28 February 2010 (Sunday afternoon),” the Phivolcs said in its 11:30 pm bulletin posted on Saturday.
Dr. Renato Solidum, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), told radio dzMM early Sunday that alert level 1 was still up over the eastern coast of the Philippines.
He said Phivolcs is not yet recommending an evacuation of eastern coastal communities since they have not yet established how high the tsunamis will be.
As of posting time, he said the tsunamis that have hit some parts of Chile were only 1 to 2 meters high.
Although a lot have been on alert, The Phivolcs director informed the public that is standard operating procedure that when there’s a big earthquake that could bring tsunami to us, they issue Alert Level 1 to advise the public. They only order evacuation when we raise Alert Level No. 3.
Through prayers and miracles we do hope that no said tsunami will hit our country.