The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) has officially opened the PHIVOLCS Visayas Cluster Monitoring Center for Earthquake and Tsunami in San Fernando municipality in South Cebu Province.
DOST Secretary Renato Solidum, Jr. said that the monitoring center cost P15 million, excluding the cost to operate the state-of-the-art facility located in Purok 11-Santan, Barangay North Poblacion, GMA News reported.
The facility is part of the agency’s initiatives to monitor earthquakes and tsunamis.
According to Solidum, the facility will help monitor fault lines in the Visayas, especially in Cebu. The center has real-time display and monitoring of tremors and tsunamis using the Philippine Seismic Network.
Aside from its capacity to monitor quakes in neighboring nations, it can also monitor volcanic activities.
