Faults that generated an earthquake in the past 10,000 years.

A fault formed from the combination of shearing and compression or tension.

A fault that traverses most cities in the Greater Manila area.

A government agency in the Philippines that spearheads the study of active faults.

A slow type of fault movement.

Part of the Earthquake directly above the focus.

A modern seismograph.

Describes the total amount of energy that is released by an erathquake at its source.

A rough estimate of the size and strength of an earthquake.

The type of waves produced during an earthquake.

It tells us how much a certain area was shaken when the earthquake reached an area.

The only liquid layer of the Earth.

The fastest type of Body Waves.

A method of determining the epicenter of an earthquake.

A kind of dip-slip fault where the blick that sits on the fault plane, called hanging wall, has moved downward with respect to the foitwall along the dip direction.

A type of fault that is formed from the compression of rocks.

A special types of reserve faults where the angle of the dip is less than 45 degrees.