VOLC NO

HAZARD MAPS
Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction
 SEISMIC HAZARD is the hazard related with probable
earthquake in a particular area. The possible hazard caused
by an earthquake is normally shown in a seismic hazard map
that shows how likely can a disaster affect the lives of
people living in that area and how can they prepare better
for the approaching disaster.
The volcano authority in the Philippines is the
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and
Seismology (Phivolcs).
The alert system used by Phivolcs runs from
Alert Level 0 (lowest) to Alert Level 5
(highest).
ALERT LEVEL DESCRIPTION VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

quiet
0 No alert
No eruption in the foreseeable future

low level unrest

1 abnormal
no eruption imminent

moderate unrest
2 Increasing unrest unrest probably of magnetic origin,
could eventually lead eruptions
 increasing tendency relatively high unrest
3
towards eruption magma is close to the crater

Intense unrest
Hazardous eruption
4 hazardous eruption is possible within
imminent
days

5 Hazardous Erruptions hazardous eruption ongoing

 ACTIVE VOLCANO
had at least one eruption
during the past 10,000 years.
an active volcano might be
erupting or dormant.
ERUPTING VOLCANO

an active volcano that is

having an eruption
DORMANT VOLCANO
an active volcano that is not
erupting, but supposed to erupt
again.
 EXTINCT VOLCANO
has not had an eruption for at least
10,000 years and is not expected to
erupt again in a comparable time scale of
the future
Mayon Volcano Pyroclastic Flow Hazard Map as of April 2003

LEGEND
Areas prone to pyroclastic flow

6 km - permanent danger zone

(PDZ)

7 km - Extended Danger Zone

(EDZ)

Mayon Volcano Summit Crater

Kilometer radius from the summit

River

Main Road

Municipal boundary

Barangay boundary
1. The name of the volcanic authority in the Philippines is?
2. A volcano that has not erupt for a long time but is
expected to erupt again.
3. An alert level that is quiet and have no eruption in the
foreseeable future.
4-5. What does Phivolcs stands for?