{"id":19065,"date":"2017-07-13T08:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T00:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=19065"},"modified":"2017-07-13T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T10:34:10","slug":"metro-wide-earthquake-drill-happening-on-july-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/07\/13\/metro-wide-earthquake-drill-happening-on-july-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro-wide earthquake drill happening on July 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This July 14, a Metro Manila-wide earthquake drill will be conducted\u00a0at 4:00 p.m. by the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC). All offices, schools are expected to participate and duck, cover and hold their heads this Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19072\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/19894547_1540971292608194_7722191912023532800_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"400\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Photo grabbed from MMDA&#8217;s Facebook page<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is brought to you by\u00a0Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Aside from the usual drill, be informed that there will be a five-minute phone signal interruption. They want the drill to look and feel authentic in order to be prepared for an actual earthquake if it happens in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The event will continue further on July 15-17 for government section to test\u00a0NDRRMC preparedness. This drill will help everyone to be ready and an awareness for the earthquake that happened last week in the Visayas\u00a0region and for the anticipated &#8216;Big One&#8217; earthquake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/04\/shake_01_800x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Photo grabbed from Earthquake Country Alliance<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>NDRRMC strictly\u00a0advises following the Duck, Cover and Hold, it is also said that a person should avoid running during the drill. The simulation will also serve as a guide on where to go, where are the safest places to stay, and what to do during an actual earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>During the drill and actual earthquake, it is recommended to not panic and focus on getting out of the building or preventing harm to oneself during the movement of the ground.\u00a0The NDRRMC has already facilitated its second nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill last June 29 in Davao City.<\/p>\n<p>The next drill is expected to happen in Silang, Cavite in September.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2017\/04\/13\/how-to-prepare-for-earthquake-things-to-do-before-during-and-after\/\">How to Prepare for Earthquake: Things to do before, during and after<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/cnnphilippines.com\/news\/2017\/07\/10\/metro-earthquake-drill-July-14.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Philippines<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.abs-cbn.com\/news\/07\/10\/17\/preparing-for-the-big-one-mmda-sets-new-shake-drill\" target=\"_blank\">ABS-CBN News<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t forget to duck, cover and hold! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[3460,241,3534],"class_list":["post-19065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-news-and-current-events","tag-earthquake-drill","tag-mmda","tag-mmshakedrill"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/19894547_1540971292608194_7722191912023532800_n-e1499937537641.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19065"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19077,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19065\/revisions\/19077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}