Earthquake Magnitude Scale Phivolcs

An earthquake measuring 6 4 on the richter scale jolted maguindanao province in southern philippines on sunday according to the authorities.
Earthquake magnitude scale phivolcs. Philippine institute of volcanology and seismology. Richter and presented in his landmark 1935 paper where he called it the magnitude scale. The event parameters hypocenter time and magnitude are determined using incoming data from the philippine seismic network.
Because of various shortcomings of the m l scale most. Phivolcs building c p garcia ave u p. The phivolcs earthquake intensity scale peis is a seismic scale used and developed by the philippine institute of volcanology and seismology philvolcs to measure the intensity of an earthquake.
Is a philippine national institution dedicated to provide information on the activities of volcanoes earthquakes and tsunamis as well as other specialized information and services primarily for the protection of life and property and in support of economic productivity and sustainable development. The philippine institute of seismology and volcanology. Diliman quezon city philippines 1101.
Phivolcs said a magnitude 4 1 earthquake was recorded nine kilometers southeast of sabangan mountain province at 6 58 a m. 6 4 magnitude earthquake jolts philippines the philippine institute of seismology and volcanology phivolcs said the quake which struck at 1 08 a m hit at a depth of 543 km about 13 km. Rescuers look for victims from a collapsed supermarket in porac pampanga on tuesday april 23 2019 after a 6 1 magnitude earthquake jolted zambales pampanga metro manila and parts of luzon.
Philippine standard time pst is eight hours ahead of coordinated universal time utc. Pst utc 8h utc is the time standard for which the world regulates clocks and time. The richter scale also called the richter magnitude scale or richter s magnitude scale is a measure of the strength of earthquakes developed by charles f.
This was later revised and renamed the local magnitude scale denoted as ml or m l. Phivolcs earthquake bulletins of latest seismic events in the philippines are listed below. It was developed as a response to the 1990 luzon earthquake philvolcs cites seismic scale specifically developed for the philippine setting the different geography of each country and other.