2/09/2012 04:47:00 AM
JENG
Quezon City officials are studying the possible relocation of 2 public schools that were discovered to be built on top of the West Valley Fault Line (formerly known as the Marikina Valley Fault Line), which experts believe is ripe for a new movement.
Elmo San Diego, head of the Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety, said Silangan Elementary School and Batasan Elementary School lie on top of the West Valley fault line, which has been dormant for about 200 years.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the 20 to 25-kilometer West Valley fault line ends at the boundary of Quezon City, and San Mateo and Rodriguez, Rizal.
Phivolcs Direcor Renato Solidum said the fault line system is already past its dormant phase, and is now ripe for another movement.
"Naabot na niya 'yung minimum na pahinga at baka gumalaw na," Solidum told dzMM.
San Diego also noted that aside from the 2 schools, several mansions had been built on top of the fault line.
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1 comments:
hi, simply on the topic of marikina faultline, i assembled maps (google map circa 2011) that can help people locate/determine which subdivisions/barangays/streets (yes, streets are identified) that have the marikina valley faultline running through them from EAST to WEST of the faultline system.
pls ask and i'll give the info free.
e-mail me at tulisanes1860@gmail.com
(in return, i just ask that you pass forward the information to other people whose lives you could be saving someday).
my many thanks! - tulisanes
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