Talk of the Town: Preparing for the ‘Big One’

Comments on “Preparing for the ‘Big One,’” (Entangled States by Joel Tiu Maquiling, 7/3/26) via https://opinion.inquirer.net:

Are we are not 32 years away from the early figure of the projection? If so, how are we well within the window for the “Big One?”

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7,000 or so years ago, Laguna Lake was saltwater, an inland extension of Manila Bay … Tectonic movements in the West (Marikina) Valley Fault pushed the land up over thousands of years. This uplift acted like a giant wall, cutting the lake off from the ocean.

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