I applaud the reporter for double checking his/her facts. And getting expert opinion. I believe I was a little too harsh with my previous rant.
Avoid the fault line
The reasonable thing to do would be to avoid purchasing a property that sits atop or is not at least 5 kilometers away from a fault trace, according to Dr. Renato Solidum, head of Phivolcs.
(Editor’s Note: 5 kilometers was what Solidum said in a recording of the interview the writer had with him. However, we double-checked this fact with Mahar Lagmay, a geologist from UP, and Benito Pacheco from the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, Inc. who both said it’s 5 meters.)
Leave the building if it is already located above a fault, advised Dr. Mahar Lagmay of the UP National Institute of Geological Sciences. “There is no engineering solution to that,” he said.
via Is your property near the fault line? | Newsbreak | Independent Journalism.