The Philippine Fault moves at an average displacement rate (linear velocity) to 2 to 3 cm/yr
along strike from Southern Luzon to Mindanao. This figure is arrived at by employing a thorough method of estimation that takes into consideration information from regional kinematics, earthquake events and recent geological and tectonic observations. It is of the same order of magnitude (cm/yr) as that of the prevailing relative plate displacement rates in the Philippine region.