Apply online:

1. To Apply to Check Tsunami Advisory and Warning, the applicant has to approach the DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOST-Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology link
2. The applicant has to click the following link to check the tsunami information – link
3. The applicant can view the map for more details.
4. There is no fee for checking Tsunami Advisories and Warnings.
5. The processing time for this procedure is completed within a day.

List down the documents required for successfully completing the procedure.
e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOST
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
PHIVOLCS Building, C.P Garcia Ave., Diliman, Quezon City
Philippines 1101
Trunkline: +632 8426-1468 up to 79
Official mail: phivolcs_mail@phivolcs.dost.gov.ph
Request for resource speaker: pivs_lectures@phivolcs.dost.gov.ph
Request for the educational tour: pivs_tours@phivolcs.dost.gov.ph
Contact link

• Any person who intends to Apply to Check Tsunami Advisory and Warning is eligible to make this application.

• There is no fee for checking Tsunami Advisories and Warnings.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time for this procedure is completed within a day.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since January 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or Country of Birth.

• A Tsunami is a series of sea waves commonly generated by under-the-sea earthquakes and whose heights could be greater than 5 meters. It is erroneously called tidal waves and is sometimes mistakenly associated with storm surges.
• Tsunamis can occur when the earthquake is shallow-seated and strong enough to displace parts of the seabed and disturb the mass of water over it.
• And the person can check the warning alter for safety precautions.

• For more information link
  

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Link

Each one of us in the community should learn some important Tsunami Safety and Preparedness Measures such as the following:
1. Do not stay in low-lying coastal areas after a felt earthquake. Move to higher grounds immediately.
2. If unusual sea conditions like rapid lowering of sea level are observed, immediately move towards high grounds.
3. Never go down the beach to watch for a tsunami. When you see the wave, you are too close to escape it.
4. During the retreat of sea level, interesting sights are often revealed. Fishes may be stranded on dry land thereby attracting people to collect them. Also, sandbars and coral flats may be exposed. These scenes tempt people to flock to the shoreline thereby increasing the number of people at risk.