MANILA, Philippines- Sa pagtama ng magnitude 7.8 na lindol sa Turkey at Syria, sinabi ng pinuno ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) nitong Martes na posible ring yanigin ng parehong magnitude ang Pilipinas.
“There’s always this possibility. In fact, it already happened on July 16, 1990. To recall, the 1990 Luzon earthquake is magnitude 7.8,” pahayag ni Phivolcs Director Teresito Bacolcol sa public briefing.
Idinagdag ni Bacolcol na maraming active faults ang bansa na kayang mag-generate ng magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
Batay sa instrumental records, ang 1990 Luzon earthquake ang pinakamalakas na tumama sa bansa.
Ayon sa website ng ahensya, nakalikha ang 1990 Luzon earthquake ng 125 km-long ground rupture mula Dingalan, Aurora hanggang Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya. Ang lindol ay dulot ng strike-slip movements sa kahabaan ng northwest segment ng Philippine Fault Zone at splay nito na Digdig Fault.
“We have several active segments in the Philippines. It’s more than a hundred segments, but the longest is the Philippine Fault — 1,200 kilometers from Davao to Luzon,” sabi ni Bacolcol.
Idinagdag ng Phivolcs chief na nito lamang nakaraang linggo ay gumalaw ang Philippine Fault, na nagresulta sa magnitude 6 na lindol sa Davao de Oro.
“People now are more aware than they were 20 years ago, and especially with the advent of social media. They see the effects of strong earthquakes like what happened in Turkiye,” sabi niya. RNT/SA
