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    1. The document discusses earthquake hazards and provides information about earthquakes, including what causes them, different types of tectonic plate boundaries, and how seismic waves are measured. 2. It explains key concepts like magnitude versus intensity, and discusses how hazard maps can help identify areas affected by factors like location, construction, and preparedness. 3. The top ten Philippine provinces at risk for earthquakes are identified as Surigao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Benguet, La Union, Ifugao, Abra, and Ilocos Sur.

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    1. The document discusses earthquake hazards and provides information about earthquakes, including what causes them, different types of tectonic plate boundaries, and how seismic waves are measured. 2. It explains key concepts like magnitude versus intensity, and discusses how hazard maps can help identify areas affected by factors like location, construction, and preparedness. 3. The top ten Philippine provinces at risk for earthquakes are identified as Surigao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Benguet, La Union, Ifugao, Abra, and Ilocos Sur.

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    1. The document discusses earthquake hazards and provides information about earthquakes, including what causes them, different types of tectonic plate boundaries, and how seismic waves are measured. 2. It explains key concepts like magnitude versus intensity, and discusses how hazard maps can help identify areas affected by factors like location, construction, and preparedness. 3. The top ten Philippine provinces at risk for earthquakes are identified as Surigao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Benguet, La Union, Ifugao, Abra, and Ilocos Sur.

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    Earthquake Hazards

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    EARTHQUAKE

    HAZARDS

    Lesson 15:
    a. Develop a family emergency
    preparedness plan to guide them on what
    to do before, during, and after an
    earthquake

    Learning b. How to interpret different earthquake


    hazard maps?
    Objectives:
    c. Use the different earthquake hazard
    maps and integrate this information into
    the class disaster preparedness plan
    What is an Earthquake?

    - Most earthquakes are caused by the movement of


    tectonic plates.
    - They typically occur along fault planes, and most
    frequently along boundaries of tectonic plates.
    There are three basic types of plate
    boundaries
    - divergent, convergent and transform.
    - Plates moving away from each other, (divergent)
    - crashing into each other (convergent)
    - sliding past each other (transform)
    - The energy earthquakes release travels in the
    form of waves called seismic waves.
    - Seismograph measure seismic waves
    produced by an earthquake, records ground
    vibration
    - Tectonics (from Latin tectonicus) meaning
    'pertaining to building’ is the process that
    controls the structure and properties of the
    Earth's crust and its evolution through time.
    IMPORTANT POINTS
    Earthquake: a sudden rapid shaking of the ground caused by a rapid release of
    energy 
    Epicenter: the point on the Earth’s surface that is vertically above the focus of an
    earthquake. 
    Fault: a break or fracture in a rock mass across which movement has occurred. 
    Focus (hypocenter): the point of origin of an earthquake. 
    Seismograph: any of various instruments for measuring and recording the
    vibrations of earthquakes. 
    Tectonic plates: massive irregularly-shaped sections of Earth’s crust that are
    constantly in motion
    .Concepts of Magnitude and Intensity

    A.Magnitude of an earthquake refers to the amount of energy released,


    measured by the amount of ground displacement or shaking. It is calculated
    based on record of the earthquake (seismograph). It is represented by Arabic
    numbers (ex. 4.8, 9.0)
    B.Intensity is the strength of an earthquake as perceived and felt by people in a
    certain locality. It is a numerical rating based on relative effects to people,
    objects, environment and structures in the surroundings. The intensity is
    generally higher near the epicenter. It is represented by Roman Numerals (ex.
    II, IV, IX).
    Hazard Maps - People and properties are affected
    by earthquake due to any or a combination of the
    following: unsafe location, poor construction,
    people don’t believe or know that they can be
    affected, people don’t know how they can be
    affected, people don’t know what to do, and there is
    lack of timely and proper response.
    Activity :Jumbled Words Arrange the jumbled letters to form the top ten
    provinces in the Philippines that are at risk to earthquakes. Write your answers
    in your notebook.

    1. _____________ ROUALDIEUSRSGD 6. ____________ AACTRL


    2. ____________ INONUAL 7. ____________ GUIFOA
    3. ____________ ENBUEGT 8. ____________ TIENORALVADOA
    4. ____________ NIPAAAGNSIN 9. ____________ YACIVZAEUNVA
    5. ____________ GNAMPAAP 10. ____________ VEUANIJECA
    Risk to Earthquakes
    The top ten province that are at risk to earthquake.
    La Union and Pangasinan are prone to earthquakes, especially the deep focused ones, due
    to the Manila Trench
    Surigao del Sur and Davao Oriental have earthquake hazards due to Philippine Trench and
    nearby active faults.
    Frequency of shallow and leftlateral strike-slip earthquakes in Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija,
    Eastern Pangasinan, Benguet and La Union can be attributed to its location along the
    Philippine Fault Zone.
    Ifugao, despite having less earthquake occurrences, is at risk because of its very high
    vulnerability to disasters.

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