Dear President Duterte:

May we bring to your attention that Baguio City has six (6) earthquake faults traversing the city; namely, Burnham Fault, Mirador Fault, Tuba Fault, San Vicente Fault, Bued Fault, and the LoakanFault (Source: Baguio City Office of the City Planning & Development Coordinator).

​The 1990 7.7 moment magnitude earthquake devastated the City of Baguio and more than 1,500 lives were lost.

Sir, PHILVOCS Historical Seismicity Study informs that 6.4 to <7.0 magnitude earthquake will likely occur in 1 to 23 years since the last earthquake of similar magnitude (1990).

In view of the above facts and for the safety of the residents of Baguio City, we implore you to declare a building moratorium for the City of Baguio until such time that a proper urban plan is reviewed and implemented. Such urban plan will include properly conducted and peer-reviewed soil investigation and testing reports for foundations of structures, performed by a licensed geotechnical engineer and that no structures will be constructed over the 8 stories limit specified by the City of Baguio.