Beneath Manila Bay, 30 kilometers below the seafloor, the Manila Trench—a megathrust fault capable of producing a magnitude 9.0 earthquake—has been locked for over 500 years. When it ruptures, 13 million people will have just 20 minutes before a 15-20 meter tsunami strikes the coast. This is the earthquake and tsunami threat most Filipinos don't know about. And it's bigger than the Marikina Valley Fault. The Manila Trench is the same type of fault that caused the 2011 Japan t

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