24/04/2019
Did you know that PALAWAN is the only EARTHQUAKE-FREE place in the Philippines?
According to Phivolcs only Palawan is largely safe from tremors. Palawan is the only earthquake-safe area in the Philippines because the island sits on a stable continental shelf and is not bounded by fault lines.
In the Seismic map below, Palawan is shown to have experienced just one shallow earthquake in 16 years, in contrast to the hundreds of earthquakes of various intensities recorded across the country within the same time period.
Note that despite having no active faults, Palawan is still prone to other earthquake-related hazards, such as tsunamis, that could actually be triggered by an earthquake from distant sources.
Map by Ralph Abainza (BS Geology Student)