Ngasempumalanga yeqhingi, ngqo enkabeni yoLwandle lwasePhilippines, ePacific Ocean, kunalokho okubizwa ngokuthi Umsele wasePhilippine, ukucindezeleka kolwandle okuvelele ngaphezu kokunye ukujula kwalo.
Yaziwa nangokuthi Umsele weMindanao, ngenxa yokusondela kwayo ogwini olusempumalanga ye isiqhingi se-mindanao, leli thuna lazalwa njengomphumela we inqubo yokwehliswa eyenzeka lapho kungqubuzana amapuleti amabili ama-tectonic kanti elinye liwela ngezansi kwelinye.
Umsele unobude bamakhilomitha ayi-1320 nobubanzi obusondele kumakhilomitha angama-30, usuka enkabeni yesiqhingi saseLuzon uye enyakatho yeMoluccas, esivele iseziqhingini zase-Indonesia. Eceleni komsele kukhona i-East Luzon Trench, ehlukaniswe yiBenham Plateau.
Umsele wasePhilippine ungenye yemisele yolwandle ejulile emhlabeni, ifinyelela ezingeni layo elijulile -i galathea ukujula- amamitha ayi-10.540.
Akungabazeki ukuthi iPhilippines inezindawo eziningi ezikhangayo futhi lo mfula omkhulu ungomunye wabo, ukucindezeleka okuye kwafundwa kabanzi yizazi zokwakheka komhlaba nezazi zemvelo ngenxa yezici zayo.