Philippine Mobile Belt

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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.

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 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 →
Visayas →
formedBy interaction of several microplates →
geologicAge Cenozoic →
hasMicroplate Mindoro microplate →
Palawan Microcontinental Block →
Philippine Microplate →
Philippine Sea Plate microplates →
Zamboanga Peninsula block →
includesVolcano Bulusan Volcano →
Hibok-Hibok Volcano →
Kanlaon Volcano →
Mayon Volcano →
Mount Apo →
Mount Pinatubo →
Taal Volcano →
locatedIn Philippines →
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 (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Philippine Basin →
Philippine Sea Plate →
subductsBeneath
Philippine Sea Plate →
borders
Ring of Fire →
contains
Mayon Volcano →
locatedOn
Philippine Trench →
tectonicPlate
Manila Trench →
tectonicProvince
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