Philippines- Multi hazardous

Question 1

where is the Philippines?

Answer 1

a group of 7000 islands in the South China Sea in South-East Asia

Question 2

what is the tectonic position of the Philippines?

Answer 2

• near to a destructive plate boundary whereby the dense oceanic crust of the Philippine plate is being subducted beneath the continental crust of the Eurasian plate

Question 3

how is it at risk to EQs?

Answer 3

• the phil plate and the Eurasian plate can become locked together as the Phil plate is being subducted, causing build up and release of pressure
• 1990 EQ magnitude 7.8 killing 1.5k

Question 4

how is it at risk to landslides?

Answer 4

• can be triggered by tectonic activity
• high levels of rainfall
• 2006 Leyte island

Question 5

how is it at risk to typhoons?

Answer 5

• situated in latitudes between 5-20 degrees north of equator so vulnerable to typhoon. Coriolis effect is strong enough to rotate the low pressure system, trade winds will move westwards towards P
• 7-10 annually eg. Haiyan in 2013- 6.5k dead

Question 6

how is it at risk to tsunamis and flooding?

Answer 6

• submarine earthquakes

- wet season= typhoons/storm surges