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  2. Philippine fault system - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine Fault Zone (PFZ) extends 1200 km across the Philippine archipelago behind the convergent boundary of the Philippine Trench and the subduction of the Philippine Sea plate. [3] This left-lateral strike-slip fault extends NW-SE (N30 – 40 W) accommodating the lateral oblique motion of the subducting Philippine Sea plate with ...

  3. Ramapo Fault - Wikipedia

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    A damaging earthquake affecting New York City in 1884 was incorrectly argued to be caused by the Ramapo fault, likely because it is the most prominent mapped fault in the greater New York City area. At the present, the relationship between faults and earthquakes in the New York City area is understood to be more complex than any simple ...

  4. Subduction tectonics of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine archipelago is also cut along its length by a left-lateral strike-slip fault known as the Philippine Fault. [5] [1] Active subduction disturbs the Earth's crust, leading to volcanic activity, earthquakes, and tsunamis, making the Philippines one of the most geologically hazard-prone regions on Earth. [4] [6]

  5. Sibuyan Sea Fault - Wikipedia

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    The Sibuyan Sea Fault is a part of the Philippine Fault System, a major inter-related system of geological faults throughout the whole of the Philippine Archipelago. This fault system is primarily caused by tectonic forces compressing the Philippines into what geophysicists call the Philippine Mobile Belt. The Sibuyan Sea Fault is located ...

  6. List of earthquakes in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    On Luzon, the fault zone splays out into a number of different faults, including the Digdig Fault. One of the largest historical earthquake on the fault zone was the 1990 Luzon M s 7.8 event that left nearly 2,000 people dead or missing. The same part of the fault zone is thought to have ruptured in the 1645 Luzon earthquake. [7]

  7. Here's the basic science behind New Jersey earthquakes and ...

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    In New Jersey, fault lines do not generally break the Earth's surface, but are based several miles below. A map showing the physiographic provinces in New Jersey, and the location of the Ramapo Fault.

  8. Philippine Mobile Belt - Wikipedia

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    Major physiographic elements of the Philippine Mobile Belt Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park marker describing the geologic history of the Philippines. In the geology of the Philippines, the Philippine Mobile Belt is a complex portion of the tectonic boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Philippine Sea plate, comprising most of the country of the Philippines.

  9. Marikina Valley fault system - Wikipedia

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    The Marikina Valley fault system, also known as the Valley fault system (VFS), is a dominantly right-lateral strike-slip fault system in Luzon, Philippines. [2] It extends from Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan in the north, running through the provinces of Rizal, the Metro Manila cities of Quezon, Marikina, Pasig, Taguig and Muntinlupa, and the provinces of Cavite and Laguna, before ending in ...