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    The Big One

    The term "Big One" refers to the impacts of strong earthquakes that might happen not only in the
    Greater Metro Manila region but also in other areas or provinces across the country that are
    vulnerable to natural catastrophes. The first destructive earthquake struck the town of
    Casiguran, Aurora on August 2, 1968. The Pacific Ring of Fire, which has multiple tectonic
    plate borders, is where the Philippines are located. The Philippine Plate in the East, the Eurasian
    Plate in the West, and the Indo-Australian Plate in the South make up the three tectonic plates
    that encircle the nation. Numerous fault lines may be seen throughout the nation as a result of the
    movements of these tectonic plates. A fault line is defined by geologists as a slippage or crack
    caused by the movement of a rock mass. The shifting of tectonic plates has caused a significant
    fault to form within the crust of the Earth.

    According to Manila Bulletin the current recorded distructive earthquake was last July 27, 2022
    where in a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit parts of Luzon including Metro Manila. Within 1-2
    rupture lengths of the main shock, aftershocks are earthquakes that follow the greatest shock in a
    sequence and are regarded as smaller than the main shock. Aftershocks can last for weeks,
    months, or even years. Quakes in broad-spectrum will strike suddenly, one after the other. This is
    the reason why we should be careful and be updated with what is currently happening in our
    surroundings.

    Earthquakes and other natural calamities are unavoidable. But if we're ready for it, the damage it
    may do to the public could be mitigated. The government, specifically city governments should
    conduct seminar regarding calamity preparedness. In reference to this is what Cavite province
    did that every region should consider;
    ● Development of a Provincial-wide Contingency Plan on the Big One
    ● Request for a training design on the formulation of Contingency Plan to identify
    specific requirements such as data, documents, inventory, and other relevant
    information/files
    ● Request city/municipal DRRMCs to submit inventories of their capacities (human
    resource and logistics)
    ● Strengthen membership of CSOs and other stakeholders in the Provincial DRRM
    Council and their concrete intervention/roles in DRRM; and include CSOs in
    developing the Provincial-wide Big One Contingency Plan
    ● Strengthen Public-Private Partnership/coordination
    ● Capacitate micro, small and medium enterprises on Business Continuity Planning
    ● Coordination with and capacity enhancement programs for CSOs
    ● Management of the dead, missing and injured, water, sanitation and hygiene, local
    Surge and others
    ● Organize Accredited Community Disaster Volunteers

    REFERENCES:
    Garcon, A. (2022, April 8). Cavite province talks about preparing for the “Big One.”

    Humanitarian Leadership Academy. Retrieved October 13, 2022, from

    https://www.humanitarianleadershipacademy.org/the-big-one/

    Not ‘The Big One’:Earthquakes that caused much destruction in PH since 1968. (2022,

    August 6). Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 13, 2022, from

    https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/06/not-the-big-oneearthquakes-that-caused-much-destruction-

    in-ph-since-1968/

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