ILOILO CITY, June 11 -- The Iloilo Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) is proposing a walk-the-fault activity at the West Panay Fault to come up with appropriate preparations for possible earthquakes.

PDRRM Office head Cornelio Salinas said the West Panay Fault is a magnitude 8-triggering fault line, historically shown by the famous Lady Caycay that struck Panay in 1948.

The PDRRMC, he said, has endorsed a resolution to the provincial board for the walk-the-fault initiative, which was referred to the regional DRRM council.

"All (concerned) government agencies will walk-the-fault line from Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo and Antique to determine the extent of the West Panay Fault," he said in a media interview on We...