Bathymetric map of Luzon, including the Manila Trench, the North Luzon Trough (NLT), West Luzon Trough (WLT), Stewart Bank (SB), and Philippine Mobile Belt (PMB). Credit: Maglalang et al ...

(AP) MANILA, Philippines - Philippine officials ... magnitude of 6 and was most possibly caused by movement in the Manila Trench in the South China Sea off northern Zambales province.

They discovered that a total area of around 15,400 square kilometers in the Manila Trench, or about the size of Palawan, could contain gas hydrates. They estimate these substances might be around ...

A recent sequence of offshore earthquakes off Ilocos Sur has been traced to the Manila Trench, prompting concerns over the potential for a high-magnitude earthquake, according to the Philippine ...

The study found that a Manila Trench tsunami could damage up to 11 international seaports under present-day sea-level conditions and up to 15 ports by 2100. In the most severely damaged locations ...

The offshore earthquakes off Ilocos Sur, which were traced to the Manila Trench that could trigger a magnitude 8.4 earthquake, have already declined, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and ...

"We applied our framework to the South China Sea, focusing on a potential tsunami scenario triggered by a rupture along the Manila Trench," says Chua. "We also incorporated tsunami conditions ...