BY KIM ATIENZA
Qatar has been ranked as the safest country in the world when it comes to possessing the lowest risk of natural disasters.
The finding was released by World Risk Index 2020.
In the framework of the WorldRiskIndex, disaster risk is analyzed as a complex interplay of natural hazards and social, political and environmental factors.
Other safest countries listed down by WorldRiskIndex are Malta, Grenada, Barbados, Saudi Arabia, Iceland, Egypt, Finland, Estonia, Maldives, Switzerland.
TRIVIA PA MORE (Various Sources): Geologically, the safest province in the Philippines is Palawan. It is the farthest province from volcanoes and earthquake faults.
Each year, about 500,000 detectable earthquakes occur in the world. About 100,000 of these can be felt and about 100 of them cause damage.
The oldest city in the world is Jericho in the Middle East. It was even recorded in the Bible as a fine city with a strong wall.
Jericho was first built around 7,800 B.C. It has been destroyed and rebuilt many times.
ATING ALAMIN: Marikina is very much in the news again, for very sad reasons. Flooding caused by typhoon Ulysses has exceeded damage caused by typhoon Ondoy.
Comes now this question: Gaano po kalawak ang Marikina Fault?
The 125-kilometer Marikina Fault runs from Tagaytay Ridge to Montalban, Rizal. It cuts across Canlubang, Laguna, Pasig, Quezon City, and Marikina.
Carbon dating shows that the Marikina Fault caused the 1645 and 1863 quakes that devastated the Manila area.
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