Development of Seismic Intensity Meter for the Philippines

Hiroshi Inoue; Zhengying Fan; Melchor Lasala; Robert Tiglao; Bartolome Bautista; Debbie Rivera; Ishmael Narag

doi:10.20965/jdr.2015.p0035

Special Issue on Enhancement of Earthquake and Volcano Monitoring and Effective Utilization of Disaster Mitigation Information in the Philippines

Development of Seismic Intensity Meter for the Philippines

Hiroshi Inoue, Zhengying Fan, Melchor Lasala, Robert Tiglao, Bartolome Bautista, Debbie Rivera, Ishmael Narag

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Keywords: Seismic Intensity meter, PEIS, Philippine Eaqrthquake Intensity Scale, IT-Kyoshin seismometer, SATREPS

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2015 Volume 10 Issue 1 Pages 35-42

DOI https://doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2015.p0035

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We designed a seismic intensity meter and a data collection network for use in the Philippines. The station unit deployed consists of a digital acceleration sensor with 0.1 gal noise and a compact Microsoft Windows PC. The station unit, which is designed to be installed in local government offices, calculates values every 10 seconds for the PEIS (Philippine Earthquake Intensity Scale), and these values are shown on a display and transmitted to the main PHIVOLCS office over the Internet. One hundred units to be deployed throughout the country are now being distributed to offices.

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