This must be taken seriously.
“On Tuesday, May 19, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) released the Valley Fault System (VFS) Atlas, a collection of detailed large-scale maps that illustrates the areas that are near an earthquake fault,” reports GMA News Online.
READ: Download the newly updated Phivolcs West Valley Fault line map
The report noted: “The VFS is composed of two segments: the East Valley Fault running through Rizal, and the West Valley Fault, running through Bulacan, Rizal, Metro Manila, Cavite, and Laguna.”
PHIVOLCS has been warning the public about possible impending activity from the West Valley Fault.
The report indicated that “the West Valley Fault could possibly generate a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, almost as strong as the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Nepal last month, while the East Valley Fault could generate a magnitude 6.2 earthquake.”
According to estimates based on previous studies conducted by PHIVOLCS — in partnership with the the Metro Manila Development Authority, Japan International Cooperation Agency, and Geosciences Australia — 31,000 to 33,500 people could die in the event of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake from the West Valley Fault.
Below are the areas traversed by the VFS:
WEST VALLEY FAULT
METRO MANILA
Quezon City
Bagong Silangan
Bagumbayan
Batasan Hills
Blue Ridge B
Libis
Matandang Balara
Pansol
White Plains
Ugong Norte
Loyola Heights
Pasong Putik Proper (Pasong Putik)
Payatas
Marikina City
Barangka
Industrial Valley
Malanday
Tumana
Pasig City
Bagong Ilog
Ugong
Makati City
East Rembo
Pembo
Rizal
Comembo
Taguig City
Bagumbayan
Bagong Tanyag
Upper Bicutan
Central Bicutan
Lower Bicutan
Maharlika Village
Pinagsama
North Signal Village
Central Signal Village
South Signal Village
Ususan
South Daang Hari
Muntinlupa City
Alabang
Bayanan
Buli
Cupang
Poblacion
Putatan
Sucat
Tunasan
OUTSIDE METRO MANILA
BULACAN
San Jose Del Monte City:
San Isidro
Ciudad Real
San Roque
Norzagaray:
San Lorenzo
Doña Remedios Trinidad:
Camachin
Kabayunan
Sapang Bulak
Bayabas
Camachile
Pulong Sampalok
LAGUNA
San Pedro:
Calendola
GSIS
Sampaguita Village
San Antonio
San Vicente
Riverside
United Bayanihan
Biñan:
Biñan (Poblacion)
Malamig
San Francisco (Halang)
Sta. Rosa:
Sto Domingo
Cabuyao:
Casile
Calamba:
Canlubang
CAVITE
Gen. Mariano Alvarez:
San Jose
Carmona:
Bancal
Cabilang Baybay
Lantic
Mabuhay
Silang:
Carmen
Inchican
EAST VALLEY FAULT
RIZAL
San Mateo:
Ampid I
Dulongbayan Ii
Guinayang
Guitnangbayan Ii
Malanday
Maly
Santa Ana
Rodriguez (Montalban):
Burgos
Macabud
San Jose
San Isidro
San Rafael (Rosario)
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