Which long fault zone runs through the archipelago from Luzon to Mindanao and causes major earthquakes?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. The Philippine Fault Zone
- Step 1: The Philippine fault system is a major inter-related system of geological faults throughout the whole of the Philippine Archipelago, primarily caused by tectonic forces compressing the Philippines into what geophysicists call the Philippine Mobile Belt. Answer: The Philippine Fault Zone. Why not the others: None of these fit: The Alpine Fault; The San Andreas Fault; The Great Rift Valley.
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