The team also recommended the relocation of affected communities - one site of barangay Lipcan and barangay Sagap in Bangued, the three barangays affected in Pidigan namely Alinaya (sitio Tambor), Pangtud (sitio Nagdaingan) and Monggoc (sitio Cautit), and also barangay Tangadan in San Quintin. It has also identified possible relocation sites.
Perez noted that people have become conscious of their surroundings such as the case of the community in Sagap, Bangued which reported and documented the tension cracks above the mountain and was later on confirmed by the team.
He bared that earthquake-induced landslides in mountainous areas of 20 towns of the province were recorded.
Moreover, liquefaction was also observed in the towns of Tayum, Bangued, Dolores, Peñarrubia and Bucay which manifested as sand boils, ground fissures, lateral spreads, ground subsidence and localized swelling.
But he allayed fears of residents that considering the magnitude and intensity of the earthquake, there are more structures that are standing.
“Ang nakita namin actually mas maraming bahay ang nakatayo compared sa mga bahay na nasira. With this intensity po, makikita natin na ang nasisirang bahay ay ‘yung mga bahay na substandard ang pagkagawa. ‘Yung mga bahay na mahina yung pagkakagawa ng structures, mahina yung mga materials na ginamit, mukhang may problema sa design,” Perez claimed.
