Marikina Valley Fault System
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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 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 Canlubang.[1]
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Marikina Valley Fault System | |
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Etymology | Marikina |
Named by | Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology |
Year defined | 2010 |
Coordinates | 14°38′N 121°5′E |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Calabarzon |
Cities | West: Marikina, Quezon City, Pasig, Taguig, Muntinlupa, General Mariano Alvarez, Carmona, Silang, San Pedro, Biñan, Santa Rosa, Cabuyao, Calamba East: Rodriguez, San Mateo |
Characteristics | |
Segments | West Valley Fault, East Valley Fault |
Length | 146 km (91 mi)[1] |
Displacement | 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in)/yr |
Tectonics | |
Plate | Philippine Sea Plate and Sunda Plate |
Status | Active |
Earthquakes | 1658[citation needed], 1771[citation needed] |
Type | Strike-slip fault |
Movement | Dextral |
Age | Gelasian |
Orogeny | Luzon-Mindoro-Palawan Orogeny |
Volcanic arc/belt | Macolod Corridor |
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