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Liquefaction Hazard in Rizal, Philippines
April 1, 2008 | Manila Standard Today

Over 50,000 squatter families have taken refuge on a waste dump in the Philippines that has been placed as fill along the shoreline of Laguna de Bay. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology says that this area has a very high risk of liquefaction. Earthquakes shake this area frequently.


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