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PHIVOLCS Observatory at Mount Hibok-Hibok.. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS, Tagalog:; Tagalog: Surian ng Pilipinas sa Bulkanolohiya at Sismolohiya [2]) is a Philippine national institution dedicated to provide information on the activities of volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis, as well as other specialized information and services primarily for the ...
The Petrified Springs Fault is a right lateral-moving (dextral) geologic fault located in western Nevada, United States. It is considered an integral part of the Walker Lane . [ 1 ]
North Bohol fault. The North Bohol fault or Inabanga fault is a reverse fault located at Anonang, Inabanga which was found on 15 October 2013 during the Bohol earthquake. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, a new fault occurs only once in a century. The North Bohol fault, shaped as a hanging wall and also known ...
The Walker Lane is a geologic trough roughly aligned with the California / Nevada border southward to where Death Valley intersects the Garlock Fault, a major left lateral, or sinistral, strike-slip fault. The north-northwest end of the Walker Lane is between Pyramid Lake in Nevada and California's Lassen Peak [1][2] where the Honey Lake Fault ...
The Philippine Fault System is a major inter-related system of geological faults throughout the whole of the Philippine Archipelago, [1] primarily caused by tectonic forces compressing the Philippines into what geophysicists call the Philippine Mobile Belt. [2] Some notable Philippine faults include the Guinayangan, Masbate and Leyte faults.
The event was a result of strike-slip movements along the Philippine Fault and the Digdig Fault within the Philippine Fault System. The earthquake's epicenter was near the town of Rizal, Nueva Ecija, northeast of Cabanatuan. [6] An estimated 1,621 people were killed, [7] [8] most of the fatalities located in Central Luzon and the Cordillera region.
Pyramid Lake Fault Zone. / 39.750°N 119.333°W / 39.750; -119.333. The Pyramid Lake Fault Zone is an active right lateral-moving (dextral) geologic fault located in western Nevada. It is considered an integral part of the Walker Lane . The fault zone extends to the southeast from Pyramid Lake roughly parallel to the course of the ...
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 and runs through the provinces of Rizal, and the Metro Manila cities of Quezon, Marikina, Pasig, Taguig and Muntinlupa, and the provinces of Cavite and Laguna that ends in ...