Figure 1. Seismotectonics of the Philippine Fault showing the location and focal mechanisms of more than 60 earthquakes with magnitudes of 5.0 or greater occurring in the last 52 years. Data sources: Jarvis et al., 2008 for SRTM topography; Weatherall et al., 2020 for bathymetry; GCMT, USGS and PHIVOLCS for earthquake data. The Generic Mapping Tool (Wessel and Smith, 1995) was used to generate the map. Credit: Aurelio et al., 2025 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0