While another fault has been identified as most likely responsible for the 6.
9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Mindanao on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology believes it might be connected to the Cotabato Fault System that caused a series of strong quakes in October.
“It appears whatever forces acting on these faults is also the same with the one in Tangbulan fault,” Narag told ABS-CBN on Monday. Narag said the 69.2-kilometer Tangbulan Fault was initially identified as separate from that of the Makilala-Malungon Fault and others that are classified under the Cotabato Fault system. These include the M’lang Fault, North Columbio Fault, South Columbio Fault, and the Balabag Fault.
He said among the data they need are satellite images of the area and actual observations of tension cracks and landslides. He said the before and after images will show the direction of the movement of the ground. “We’re not discounting the possibility that it might have another major event,” Narag said. “We had a magnitude 6.9 which is not yet the maximum.”
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