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.<\/p>\n
Avoid the fault line
\nThe 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.
\n(Editor\u2019s 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\u2019s 5 meters.)
\nLeave the building if it is already located above a fault, advised Dr. Mahar Lagmay of the UP National Institute of Geological Sciences. \u201cThere is no engineering solution to that,\u201d he said.
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