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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philippine Fault | 1 |
| Philippine Fault System canonical | 1 |
| Philippine Fault Zone | 1 |
| Philippine Fault system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Philippine Fault System Context triple: [Philippine Mobile Belt, associatedWith, Philippine Fault System]
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A.
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
The Septentrional-Oriente fault zone is a major strike-slip fault system in the northern Caribbean region that accommodates tectonic motion between the North American and Caribbean plates and is a significant source of regional earthquakes.
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Mariana subduction zone
The Mariana subduction zone is a deep oceanic trench system in the western Pacific where the Pacific Plate is forced beneath the smaller Mariana Plate, creating one of the world's deepest and most active tectonic boundaries.
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C.
Izu–Bonin Arc
The Izu–Bonin Arc is a volcanic island arc in the western Pacific Ocean formed by subduction along the boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate, stretching south from Japan’s Izu Peninsula toward the Mariana Islands.
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D.
Mariana volcanic arc
The Mariana volcanic arc is a chain of active and dormant volcanoes in the western Pacific Ocean formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate.
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E.
Sumatra subduction zone
The Sumatra subduction zone is a major convergent plate boundary off the western coast of Sumatra where intense seismic and volcanic activity occurs, including some of the world’s largest recorded earthquakes and tsunamis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Philippine Fault System Target entity description: 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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A.
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
The Septentrional-Oriente fault zone is a major strike-slip fault system in the northern Caribbean region that accommodates tectonic motion between the North American and Caribbean plates and is a significant source of regional earthquakes.
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B.
Mariana subduction zone
The Mariana subduction zone is a deep oceanic trench system in the western Pacific where the Pacific Plate is forced beneath the smaller Mariana Plate, creating one of the world's deepest and most active tectonic boundaries.
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C.
Izu–Bonin Arc
The Izu–Bonin Arc is a volcanic island arc in the western Pacific Ocean formed by subduction along the boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate, stretching south from Japan’s Izu Peninsula toward the Mariana Islands.
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D.
Mariana volcanic arc
The Mariana volcanic arc is a chain of active and dormant volcanoes in the western Pacific Ocean formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate.
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E.
Sumatra subduction zone
The Sumatra subduction zone is a major convergent plate boundary off the western coast of Sumatra where intense seismic and volcanic activity occurs, including some of the world’s largest recorded earthquakes and tsunamis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active fault system
ⓘ
strike-slip fault ⓘ tectonic feature ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
ⓘ
surface form:
PHIVOLCS
|
| activityStatus | active ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Philippine Fault System
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surface form:
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
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strong ground shaking ⓘ surface rupture ⓘ |
| influences |
earthquake risk in Metro Manila region
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infrastructure planning in the Philippines ⓘ |
| length | approximately 1200 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Philippine Archipelago
ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine archipelago
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| 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
ⓘ
surface form:
Baguio City
Cagayan Valley ⓘ Davao City ⓘ Leyte ⓘ
surface form:
Leyte Island
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| responsibleFor |
many of the strongest earthquakes in the Philippines
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significant seismic activity in the Philippines ⓘ |
| riskTo | densely populated regions of the Philippines ⓘ |
| segmentContains |
Central Mindanao segment
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Digdig Fault segment ⓘ Leyte segment ⓘ |
| seismicHazard | high ⓘ |
| slipSense | left-lateral ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
geologists
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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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Referenced by (4)
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