Philippine Mobile Belt

E43913
geologic region mobile belt tectonic belt

The Philippine Mobile Belt is a tectonically active region in the western Pacific where several microplates interact, producing frequent earthquakes and volcanism.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Philippine Mobile Belt canonical 19

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region ⓘ
mobile belt ⓘ
tectonic belt ⓘ
associatedWith Cotabato Trench ⓘ
East Luzon Trough ⓘ
Manila Trench ⓘ
Negros Trench ⓘ
Philippine Fault System ⓘ
Philippine Trench ⓘ
boundedBy Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
surface form: South China Sea Basin

Sunda Plate ⓘ
causes frequent earthquakes in the Philippines ⓘ
tsunamis associated with large earthquakes ⓘ
volcanic eruptions in the Philippines ⓘ
characterizedBy active volcanism ⓘ
complex plate interactions ⓘ
high seismicity ⓘ
contains Luzon ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ
Philippine Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Philippine archipelago

Visayas ⓘ
formedBy interaction of several microplates ⓘ
geologicAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasMicroplate Mindoro microplate ⓘ
Palawan Microcontinental Block ⓘ
Philippine Microplate ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate microplates ⓘ
Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Zamboanga Peninsula block
includesVolcano Bulusan Volcano ⓘ
Hibok-Hibok Volcano ⓘ
Kanlaon Volcano ⓘ
Mayon Volcano ⓘ
Mount Apo ⓘ
Mount Pinatubo ⓘ
Taal Volcano ⓘ
locatedIn Philippines ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: western Pacific
monitoredBy Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology ⓘ
movementRate several centimeters per year ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
researchField plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
riskType earthquake hazard ⓘ
tsunami hazard ⓘ
volcanic hazard ⓘ
tectonicActivity arc volcanism ⓘ
strike-slip faulting ⓘ
subduction ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ring of Fire → contains → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate → subductsBeneath → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate → borders → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Philippine Trench → tectonicPlate → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Manila Trench → tectonicProvince → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Philippine Basin → subductsBeneath → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Mayon Volcano → locatedOn → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Mount Apo → volcanicArcOrBelt → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
East Luzon Trough → overridingPlate → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
East Luzon Trough → associatedWith → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
East Luzon Trough → tectonicPlateOnOtherSide → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Palawan Microcontinental Block → adjacentTo → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Mindoro microplate → partOf → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Philippine Microplate → associatedWith → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Mount Kanlaon → volcanicArcOrBelt → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Negros Trench → overridingPlate → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Cotabato Trench → partOf → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Luzon Volcanic Arc → orogeny → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ
Halmahera Plate → interactsWith → Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ