Philippine Fault System

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The Philippine Fault System is a major active strike-slip fault zone running through much of the Philippine archipelago, responsible for significant seismic activity and many of the country’s strongest earthquakes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active fault system ⓘ
strike-slip fault ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ
abbreviation PHIVOLCS ⓘ
activityStatus active ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Philippine Fault ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
displacementRate several millimeters per year (approximate) ⓘ
extendsThrough Luzon ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ
Visayas ⓘ
faultType continental strike-slip fault ⓘ
geologicalAge Quaternary ⓘ
governedBy Philippine national building code for seismic design (indirectly via hazard maps) ⓘ
hazardType ground deformation ⓘ
strong ground shaking ⓘ
surface rupture ⓘ
influences earthquake risk in Metro Manila region ⓘ
infrastructure planning in the Philippines ⓘ
length approximately 1200 km ⓘ
locatedIn Philippine archipelago ⓘ
mappingInitiatedBy Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology ⓘ
monitoredBy Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology ⓘ
movementType strike-slip ⓘ
notableEarthquake 1990 Luzon earthquake ⓘ
2013 Bohol earthquake ⓘ
2017 Leyte earthquake ⓘ
orientation northwest-southeast ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
passesNear Baguio City ⓘ
linked to: Baguio

Cagayan Valley ⓘ
Davao City ⓘ
Leyte Island ⓘ
linked to: Leyte
responsibleFor many of the strongest earthquakes in the Philippines ⓘ
significant seismic activity in the Philippines ⓘ
riskTo densely populated regions of the Philippines ⓘ
segmentContains Central Mindanao segment ⓘ
Digdig Fault segment ⓘ
Leyte segment ⓘ
seismicHazard high ⓘ
slipSense left-lateral ⓘ
studiedBy geologists ⓘ
seismologists ⓘ
tectonicProcess accommodates lateral motion between crustal blocks in the Philippines ⓘ
tectonicSetting boundary between Philippine Sea Plate and Sunda Plate ⓘ
usedFor basis for seismic hazard zoning in the Philippines ⓘ

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Philippine Mobile Belt → associatedWith → Philippine Fault System ⓘ
Philippine Fault System → alsoKnownAs → Philippine Fault ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Fault System
East Luzon Trough → associatedWith → Philippine Fault system ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Fault System
Mindoro microplate → near → Philippine Fault Zone ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Fault System
Tongonan Geothermal Field → geologicalSetting → associated with Philippine Fault system ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Fault System
Digdig Fault segment → partOf → Philippine Fault System ⓘ
Central Mindanao segment → partOf → Philippine Fault System ⓘ
Central Mindanao segment → formsPartOf → Philippine archipelago plate-boundary faults ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Fault System
1990 Luzon earthquake → faultSystem → Philippine Fault System ⓘ
Philippine subduction system → includesFeature → Philippine Fault Zone ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Fault System
2017 Leyte earthquake → tectonicSetting → Philippine Fault system region ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Fault System
Bicol Volcanic Arc → associatedWith → Philippine Fault System ⓘ