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The Celebes Sea (/ ˈ s ɛ l ɪ b iː z, s ə ˈ l iː b i z / SEL-ib-eez, sə-LEE-beez; [1] Filipino: Dagat Selebes) or Sulawesi Sea (Malay: Laut Sulawesi; Indonesian: Laut Sulawesi) of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahasa ...
The 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake occurred on August 15 at 12:18 UTC near the Moro Gulf coast of Mindanao. [1] It had a magnitude of 8.3 on the moment magnitude scale [3] and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
The gulf stretches between and is surrounded by the main section of Mindanao on the east, and the Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao on the west. The peninsula's major drainage goes towards the gulf. [2] Sibuguey Bay and Illana Bay are its major bays. Zamboanga City, which is an international port, is bound by the Gulf and Celebes Sea in the East. [3]
Near the Cotabato Trench, two of the largest 20th century Philippine earthquakes: the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake (8.3 M w) and the 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake (8.0 M w). Also included is the 2002 Mindanao earthquake (7.5 M w). The Moro Gulf, part of the Celebes Sea, is labeled for context.
Illana Bay, also known as Iranun Bay, is a large bay of the Moro Gulf, off the southwestern coast of Mindanao island in the Philippines. Illana Bay and Moro Gulf form part of the Celebes Sea. A view of the bay in the background from Pagadian City
A marginal sea is a division of an ocean, partially enclosed by islands, archipelagos, or peninsulas, adjacent to or widely open to the open ocean at the surface, and/or bounded by submarine ridges on the sea floor.
The creature was discovered in 2007 by a team of marine biologists about 2,500 meters deep in the Celebes Sea in the western Pacific Ocean. RELATED: Photos of bizarre sea animals.
Apart from the Sulu Sea, Philippine and Malaysian EEZs also extend into the Celebes Sea. The East Timor EEZ is wholly within the Savu, Banda, and Timor Seas. Australia 's EEZ extends into both the Timor and Arafura Seas and Papua New Guinea 's EEZ extends into the Arafura Sea from its far southwest coast.