Why are strong earthquakes happening one after another? Phivolcs chief explains | ANC

Headstart: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Director Teresito Bacolcol on Monday (October 13) explains the series of earthquakes affecting several parts of the country this month. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro: Series of strong quakes rock the Philippines 00:44 - PHIVOLCS: Why are there successive earthquakes? Are they connected? 01:05 - Bacolcol: Quakes came from different earthquake generators 01:47 - How many active faults are in the Philippines? 02:01 - PH records around 30 earthquakes a day 04:29 - Fear of 'The Big One': Can PHIVOLCS predict its arrival? 04:52 - How scientists calculate the recurrence interval of 'The Big One' 05:50 - The potential timeline for the Magnitude 7.2 quake 06:45 - The importance of LGU preparedness and safe evacuation areas 07:45 - Are the sinkholes in Cebu related to the recent earthquakes? 10:11 - Lessons learned from recent quakes on disaster response Join ANC PRESTIGE to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvi6hEzLM-Z_unKPSuuzKvg/join For more ANC Interviews, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm34qRgqWBU7xKLMmMuJiQANZkV2vwZ15 For more ANC Highlights click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm34qRgqWBU7OwFmkSerkgUDLw5O4opD7 For more The World Tonight videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmjcx3D-NKOQ1b9oNibUXc1a Subscribe to the ANC YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/ANCalerts Visit our website at https://news.abs-cbn.com/anc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ancalerts Twitter: https://twitter.com/ancalerts #LindolPH #EarthquakePH #PHIVOLCS #TheBigOne #DisasterPreparedness #ANChotcopy #ABSCBNNews