Threat to Metro Manila
The fault possesses a threat of a large-scale earthquake with a magnitude of 7 or higher within the Manila Metropolitan Area with death toll predicted to be as high as 35,000 and some 120,000 or higher injured and more than three million needed to be evacuated according to JICA.
For an interactive and large version (tablet, mobile, desktop) go directly to Google Maps, Click here, PHIVOLCS West Valley Fault Line Google Map.
Note: Recommended minimum buffer zone from the fault is 5 meters as reckoned from the both sides of the fault trace or from the edge of the deformation zone.
Fault Segments
The fault contains two major segments, known as West Valley Fault (WVF) and East Valley Fault (EVF).
West Segment
The west segment, known as the West Valley Fault (WVF) is one of the two major fault segments of the Valley Fault System that runs through the cities of Marikina, Pasig and Muntinlupa and moves in a dominantly dextral strike-slip motion. The West Fault is capable of producing large-scale earthquakes on its active phases with a magnitude of 7 or higher.
East Segment
The eastern segment, known as East Valley Fault (EVF) moves in an oblique dextral motion.
Disclaimer: The Google map of the Marikina Valley Fault Trace, which has been adapted from the PHIVOLCS Valley Fault System Atlas, is for general reference only. Please consult the Atlas as final reference.
If you find your house/building on top or within 20 meters of the trace of the Markina Valley fault on this map, refer to the official Atlas from PHIVOLCS or you may contact them for more information at Contact PHIVOLCS.
Download Valley Fault System Atlas (PDF file) by PHIVOLCS
The VFS Atlas maps can be downloaded per city or municipality. You may click the linked pages to download files. Downloading of each file may take some time due to big file size.
CITIES
and MUNICIPALITIES
Transected by the Valley Fault System
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Bulacan
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Doña Remedios
Trinidad
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Norzagaray
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San Jose del Monte
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Rizal
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Rodriguez
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San Mateo
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Metro
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Quezon City
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Marikina City
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Pasig City
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Makati City
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Taguig City
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Muntinlupa City
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Cavite
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Gen. Mariano Alvarez
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Carmona
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Silang
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Laguna
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San Pedro City
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Biñan City
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Santa Rosa City
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Cabuyao City
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Calamba City
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PHIVOLCS West Valley Fault Line Google Map- Relief Map
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References:
Japan International Cooperation Agency, www.jica.go.jp/english/
Nelson, Alan R.; Personius, Stephen F.; Rimando, Rolly E.; Punongbayan, Raymundo S.; Tungol, Norman; Mirabueno, Hannah; Rasdas, Ariel. 2000. Multiple Large Earthquakes in the Past 1500 Years on a Fault in Metropolitan Manila, the Philippines. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 90 (1).
Maso, Miguel Saderra (Author) 2015. Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines. CreateSpace. ISBN-13: 978-1503398351
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, phivolcs.dost.gov.ph
Rimando, Rolly E.; Knuepfer, Peter L. K. 2004. Neotectonics of the Marikina Valley fault system (MVFS) and tectonic framework of structures in northern and central Luzon, Philippines. Tectonophysics 415 (1-4). Elsevier.
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