By Sean Lin / Staff reporterThe Taipei City Government yesterday unveiled a map showing areas in the city prone to soil liquefaction, with 26.1 percent of the city having intermediate to high-level soil liquefaction potential. Notable landmarks that were identified by the map as in areas showing a high probability of soil liquefaction include Taipei 101 and the Taipei City Hall. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je’s (柯文哲) home on Xinyi Road was also found to be in an area showing a high risk of soil liquefaction. Compared with the Executive Yuan’s query system for soil liquefaction potential, the map features a larger scale and is five times more accurate, the department said. Residents can find out about the risk of soil liquefaction in their neighborhoods by entering their addresses on the city’s soil liquefaction query system: http://soil2.taipei/gismap.html.

Source: Taipei Times September 10, 2016 15:56 UTC