Angeles mayor: Mt. Pinatubo ‘activities’no cause for alarm

ANGELES CITY – Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. said the reported earthquake activities near Mount Pinatubo is no cause for alarm as he instructed the Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (ACDRRMO) to prepare a contingency plan for any eventualities that may arise.

The DOST-Phivolcs echoed the views of Lazatin assuring the public that Mt. Pinatubo Volcano which last erupted in June 15, 1991 remains at Alert Level 0 and currently in calm condition amid the series of earthquakes.

Lazatin has already instructed ACDRRMO head Rudy Simeon to coordinate with Phivolcs on the activities of Mt. Pinatubo.

Since Wednesday last week, the Pinatubo Volcano Network (PVN) and the Philippine Seismic Network (PSN) have detected a total of 826 light earthquakes eastnortheast of Mt. Pinatubo notably in the vicinities of Mabalacat City, which was swamped by thick volcanic sediments called lahar in the past .

The strongest of these earthquakes reportedly occurred on Monday, January 25, 2021, at depths of 15-28 kilometers. The earthquakes were recorded between 1 and 2.5 magnitude and generated along a segment of the Sacobia Lineament, a fault that was last active during the post-eruption period of 1991.

“We are ready in terms of logistics in the event of a natural disaster. Ang Mt. Pinatubo eruption hindi bago sa atin. Mas handa tayo ngayon,” according to

Lazatin.

“We have enough stockpile of food,” said Lazatin as he instructed the ACCRRMO to create a natural disaster contingency plan including evacuation plan and food assistance plan.

Phivolcs said these developments serve