OCD installs tsunami sign boards in Pagadian City

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 OCD Regional Director Emilia Julhajan

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Aug. 20 (PNA) -– The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) has installed tsunami signage to raise the people’s level of awareness on what to do once natural calamity hit their community.

OCD Regional Director Emilia Julhajan told the Philippines News Agency that a total of 12 sign boards were installed on Wednesday in six coastal barangays here.

The six barangays namely Dumagoc, Kawit, Santa Lucia, San Pedro, Santiago and White Beach, which are among the hardest hit areas when tsunami generated by the 7.7 intensity earthquake struck this city on August 17, 1976.

Julhajan disclosed there is a possibility tsunami will hit the region since the country is within the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire.

She said they have no intention to scare people instead “we just want the public to be aware” on how to survive and save lives in times of natural disaster.

Julhajan added her official in coordination with the city government will install signage to identify the escape route to safety in case of natural disaster, particularly tsunami.

She said the installation of the sign boards is to equip the people with the proper knowledge to respond to emergency.

Around 1,440 people died, 7,701 were injured and 909 were listed missing when a tsunami generated by the 7.7 intensity earthquake hit this city on August 17, 1976.

At least 49,848 were also rendered homeless and most of the casualties and destruction were caused by a 20 feet high tsunami with a velocity of 720 kilometer per hour.

The epicenter of the earthquake was at the Moro gulf. (PNA)

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