Ma ka hikina o ka pae ʻāina, pololei i ka puʻuwai o ke kai Pilipino, i ka Moana Pākīpika, ka mea i kapa ʻia Ka ʻauwaha Pilipino, kahi luʻulu kai e kū i luna o ke koena no kona hohonu.
Ana ikeia hoi Kahawai Mindanao, mamuli o kona kokoke loa i ke kapakai hikina o ka mokupuni mindanao, hānau ʻia kēia ilina ma ke ʻano he hopena o ke kaʻina hoʻohaʻahaʻa e hana ana i ka wā e kūleʻa ai nā pā tectonic ʻelua a hāʻule kekahi ma lalo o kekahi.
He 1320 mau mile ka loa o ka auwaha a me ka laulā kokoke i 30 mau kilomita, e hohola ana mai waenakonu o ka mokupuni ʻo Luzon a hiki i ka ʻākau o ka Moluccas, aia i ka pae ʻāina Indonesia. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka ʻauwaha ka East Luzon Trench, i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e ka Benham Plateau.
ʻO ka ʻauwaha Pilipino kekahi o nā ʻauwaha kai hohonu loa o ka honua, ke hōʻea nei i kāna kiko hohonu loa -ka hohonu galathea- ka 10.540 mau mika.
Me ke kānalua ʻole, he nui nā wahi hoʻohiwahiwa o Pilipine a ʻo kēia ʻauwaha nui kekahi o lākou, kahi kaumaha i aʻo nui ʻia e nā kālaihonua a me nā physicists ma muli o kona ʻano.
E lilo i mea mua e wehewehe