Why does the Philippines have many active volcanoes and mountain belts, and always experience earthquakes?
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The Philippines sits on a unique tectonic setting ideal to volcanism and earthquake activity. It is situated at the boundaries of two tectonic plates – the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian plate – both of which subduct or dive beneath the archipelago along the deep trenches along its east and west seaboard.
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It has many active volcanoes and mountain belts, and always experience earthquakes due to its geographic location.
- Beneath the Philippine Sea plate, the Pacific plate subducts to the east.
- The tectonics of the sea plate are unusual, and all of the examined borders are convergent.
- Because of its geographical location in the pacific belt, the area is susceptible to volcanoes and earthquakes.
- These subduction zones are the reason for volcanoes and earthquakes resulting in heavy casualties of human life and the ultimate destruction of cultivated crops and valuable properties.
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