Cotabato Trench
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Cotabato Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the southern Philippines formed by tectonic subduction and known for its significant seismic and geologic activity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotabato Trench canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanic trench
ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
earthquakes
ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ volcanism ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Philippine archipelago tectonic system ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| depth | over 5000 m ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | marine geophysical surveys ⓘ |
| featureType | bathymetric depression ⓘ |
| formedBy | tectonic subduction ⓘ |
| geologicActivity | significant ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalProcess | oceanic-continental subduction ⓘ |
| hazardType |
seismic hazard
ⓘ
tsunami hazard ⓘ |
| importance | major source of regional seismic hazard in southern Philippines ⓘ |
| linkedTo | intraplate and interplate earthquakes in Mindanao ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Philippine Sea
ⓘ
southern Philippines ⓘ |
| monitoring | seismological networks of the Philippines ⓘ |
| near |
Celebes Sea
ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ Sulu Sea ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean marginal basin ⓘ |
| orientation | roughly northeast–southwest ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Philippine Trench
ⓘ
Sulu Trench ⓘ |
| partOf |
Philippine Mobile Belt
ⓘ
Philippine subduction system ⓘ |
| region |
Mindanao
ⓘ
surface form:
Mindanao region
|
| riskTo | southern Mindanao coastal communities ⓘ |
| seismicActivity | high ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
plate tectonics
ⓘ
seismotectonics ⓘ tsunami generation ⓘ |
| subductionDirection | westward or northwestward subduction of oceanic plate ⓘ |
| tectonicPlate |
Philippine Sea Plate
ⓘ
Sunda Plate ⓘ |
| tectonicPlateInteraction |
Philippine Sea Plate
ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine Sea Plate subducting beneath Sunda Plate
|
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate boundary ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.