Phivolcs: West Valley fault line 'ripe for movement'
Posted at 03/16/2011 11:32 AM | Updated as of 03/16/2011 3:09 PM
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Wednesday said the Marikina West Valley fault line, one of the active faults in the country, is ripe for movement because it has not moved for 200 years.
Phivolcs said the possibility of a Magnitude 7.2 earthquake is not far-fetched.
A Metro Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction Study earlier revealed that 7 out of 17 cities in Metro Manila will suffer the most damage and casualties if a massive earthquake occurs at the West Valley fault.
The 7 cities are Marikina, Quezon, Pasig, Makati, Pateros, Taguig and Muntinlupa. With a report from Ryan Chua, ABS-CBN News
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Why only now?
Why is the government coming up with this so-called studies only now? Did it ever occured to you that issues like this are causing more panic to the people? Masyado talaga tayong PAPANSIN at REACTIVE! Gusto lagi na lang nakikisawsaw sa mga issues. And your justification - BECAUSE IT HAS NOT MOVED FOR 200 years? COME on!
We are surrounded by bodies of water, has anyone calculated the risk? Do we have plans on what should we do if disaster strike? How are we going to respond to the incident? Do you have PROACTIVE measures???????
Puro problema ang binibigay sa taong bayan....ano solusyon nyo?