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The Philippine Trench (also called the Philippine Deep, Mindanao Trench, and the Mindanao Deep) is a submarine trench to the east of the Philippines. The trench is located in the Philippine sea of the western North Pacific Ocean and continues NNW-SSE. [1] It has a length of approximately 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and a width of about 30 km ...
The Manila Trench is an oceanic trench in the Pacific Ocean, located west of the islands of Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines. The trench reaches a depth of about 5,400 metres (17,700 ft), [ 8 ] in contrast with the average depth of the South China Sea of about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).
The trench is located near the Philippine orogeny and located in the southeastern region of the Philippine Sea Plate. The depth of the trough is 5,700 meters. The East Luzon Trough formed during the Eocene and Oligocene epoch, 40–24 million years ago. [1] [2] [3] Immediately to the South of the East Luzon Trough is the Philippine Trench.
The earthquake occurred as a result of shallow oblique-thrust faulting likely along the subduction interface of the Philippine Trench. At this location, the Philippine Sea plate moves west-northwest at a rate of about 103 mm (4.1 in) per year with respect to the Sunda plate. A finite fault model suggests rupture occurred around an elliptical ...
Off the coast of eastern Mindanao is the Philippine Trench, which descends to a depth of 10,430 meters (34,220 ft). The Philippines is part of a western Pacific arc system characterized by active volcanoes. Among the most notable peaks are Mount Mayon near Legazpi City, Taal Volcano south of Manila, and Mount Apo in Mindanao. All of the ...
Approximate location of Emden Deep in the Philippine Trench The Emden Deep , also known as the Galathea Deep or Galathea Depth , is the portion of the 10,540-metre-deep (34,580 ft) Philippine Trench exceeding 6,000-metre (20,000 ft) depths in the south-western Pacific Ocean .
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The age of the Philippine Trench is not well-defined; estimates range from 5 Ma or younger, [28] [1] to 8–9 Ma. [29] [22] However, researchers agree that the Philippine Trench is the youngest trench in the Philippine subduction system. [19] [30] [6] [1] The Philippine Sea plate moves towards the trench obliquely.