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SantaMarta
BarranquillaSan Rafael
Atlántico
AltagraciaMaracaiboSabanalárgaLa Concepción
CábimasCartegena
Machiques
Colón
Sincelejo
PANAMÁCITYLa Chorrera
Cúcuta
San Cristóbal
Rubio
Barranca-bermeja
Yopal
Mocoa
Garzón
La PlataPopayán
Medellín
Quibdó
BOGOTA
Girardot
Cali
Neiva
Lagunillas
CiudadOjeda
Mérida
Pereira
Pasto
Tumaco
Ciénaga
Ocaña
Manizales
IbaguéArmenia
Montería
Bucara-manga
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Diagram of major plate boundaries for Colombia
Esquema de límites de placas para Colombia
RELATIVE PLATE MOTION
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Source: Relative Plate Motion Calculator, Nuvel-1A Model; Kensaku Tamaki, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, 164, Japan ([email protected])
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CaribbeanSouth AmericaSouth America
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VENEZUELAOFR 00-018
PANAMAOFR 98-779
COLOMBIAOFR 00-0284
BOLIVIAOFR 00-0283
Plate 1
ARGENTINAOFR 00-0108
CHILEOFR 00-0283
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Oca faultSanta Marta-Bucaramanga fault system Santa Marta section Bucaramanga sectionCaño Tomas faultTarra faultMontería faultTucura faultMutatá faultMurindó faultUnguía faultBahia Solano faultMurri faultCañasgordas faultAbriaqui faultUrrao faultRomeral fault system Montenegro (fault) section Armenia (fault) section Paraiso section Piendamó (fault) section Rosas-Julumito (fault) section Cordoba-Navarco (fault) section Buesaco-Aranda (fault) sectionSanta Rita faultEspiritu Santo faultOtú Norte faultBagre Norte faultPalestina faultCimitarra faultMulato-Getudo faultHonda faultAlto del Trigo fault (part of Salinas fault system)Bituima fault (part of Salinas fault system)Suarez faultMorronegro-Las Mercedes fault systemChitaga-Pamplona faultsEastern Frontal fault system Northern Guaicaramo section Central Guaicaramo section Southern Guaicaramo section Yopal (fault) section San Pedro-Cumaral section Servita-Santa Maria (fault group) section Guayuriba (fault) section Algeciras (fault) section Garzon-Pitalito (fault) section Suaza (fault) section Mocoa (fault) section Sibundoy (fault) section Afiladores (fault) section La Macarena fault Bogotá faultViani faultUsme faultCucuana faultIbagué faultToro faultArgelia faultGarrapatas faultDagua-Calima fault systemEl Tambor faultNaya-Micay faultRemolino-El Charco faultPiedrancha faultGuaitara faultLa Plata (Chusma) faultIrlanda fault La Dina faultNazca subduction zoneSouth Caribbean deformed belt (Colombia fault)
Right-lateral----------Left-lateral/reverseLeft-lateral/reverseReverse ReverseReverse Reverse/left lateral(?)Left-lateral/reverseLeft-lateralReverse/right lateralReverseReverse/left-lateralReverse/left-lateralReverse/left-lateralLeft-lateral----------Normal/left-lateralNormal/left-lateralThrust/right-lateralReverse/right-lateralReverse/right-lateralLeft-lateralRight lateral Historic (1995) 1-5Left-lateralNormal and right-lateralLeft lateral/reverseLeft lateral and reverse Reverse/left-lateralReverse/left-lateral(?)Reverse/left-lateralReverse/left-lateral?Reverse/left-lateral?Reverse/left-lateralReverse/left-lateralReverse/strike-slipReverse and left-lateral----------Reverse/right-lateralReverse/right-lateralReverse/right-lateralReverse/right-lateralReverse/slight right-lateralReverse/right-lateral?Reverse/left-lateralRight-lateralRight-lateral(?) & reverseRight-lateral & reverseReverse/right-lateralRight-lateralReverse/right-lateral Reverse Reverse/right-lateralReverse/right-lateralNormal/right-lateralRight-lateralRight-lateral, slight obliqueLeft-lateralReverse/right lateral?Reverse/right lateral?NormalReverse/right lateral?Right-lateral/obliqueProbably right-lateral/obliqueProbably right-lateral/obliqueRight-lateralRight-lateral/reverseRight-lateralReverse/right-lateralThrustThrust/dextral oblique
<15 ka, possibly historic (1833 or 1834)----------<1.6 Ma?<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma?<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<15 ka(?)<15 kaHistoric (1992)<1.6 Ma?Historic (1970)<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma (probably <130 ka)<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma----------<1.6 Ma<15 ka<15 ka<1.6 Ma?Historic (1983)Historic (1999)
<1.6 Ma <15 ka <1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<15 ka<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma (probably >750 ka)----------<15 kaHistoric (1995)<15 ka<15 ka<15 ka<1.6 Ma (possibly <15 ka)<1.6 Ma (probably <50 ka)<1.6 Ma (probably <130 ka)<15 ka<1.6 Ma <1.6 Ma (probably <130 ka)<15 ka (possibly historic 1834) <1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma <1.6 Ma<15 ka<1.6 Ma <15 ka<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<15 ka<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma<1.6 Ma (known <130 ka)Historic? (1994)<1.6 MaHistoric (1906, 1942, 1958, 1979)<1.6 Ma (probably <15 ka)
0.2-1----------Unknown, probably <0.2<0.2Unknown, probably <0.2Unknown, probably <0.2<0.20.2-10.2-10.2-1Unknown, probably 0.2-10.2-10.2-1<0.20.2-10.2-1----------<0.2<0.20.2-10.2-10.2-1<0.2
<0.20.2-1<0.20.2-10.2-1<0.2<0.20.2-1, <0.2<0.2<0.2<0.20.2-1Unknown, probably 0.2-1----------1-51-51-51-51-51-51-51-51-5(?)0.2-1Unknown, probably 0.2-11-5Unknown, probably 0.2-1Unknown, probably 0.2-1<0.2<0.2 1-5<0.2 1-5<0.2Unknown, probably <0.2Unknown, probably <0.2<0.2Unknown, probably <0.20.2-1Unknown, probably <0.2Unknown, probably <0.2Unknown, probably 0.2-1Unknown, probably 0.2-1Unknown, probably <0.2Unknown, probably 0.2-1Ca. 70 across zoneCa. 10 across belt
Number(CO-)
Numeró(CO-)
Name of structure
Nombre de structuro
Sense of movement(major/minor)
Sentido de movimiento(mayor/menor)
Time of most recent movement
Edad del último movimiento
Slip rate(mm/yr)
Tasa de movimiento(mm/año)
QUATERNARY FAULTS OF COLOMBIAFALLAS CUATERNARIAS DE COLOMBIA
MAP EXPLANATION
TIME OF MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE
SLIP RATE
Historic (year)
Holocene (<10,000 yrs) or post glacial (<15,000 yrs)
Quaternary, undifferentiated (<1,600,000 yrs)
1-5 mm/yr
0.2-1 mm/yr
<0.2 mm/yr (or unknown)
QUALITY
Continuous at map scale
Poor or discontinuous at map scale
Inferred or concealed
STRUCTURE TYPE
FAULTS
Thrust or reverse fault (teeth on upper block)
Right-lateral (dextral) strike-slip fault
Left-lateral (sinistral) strike-slip fault
Normal fault (bar and ball on downthrown block)
FOLDS
Anticline
Syncline
OTHER SYMBOLS
Location of fault section boundary
Fault number (CO-)
Earthquake epicenter (07/25/99)
SIMBOLOGIA DEL MAPA
EDAD DE ULTIMA RUPTURA SUPERFICIAL
TASA DE MOVIMIENTO
Histórica (año)
Holocena (<10,000 años) o post glacial (<15,000 años)
Cuaternaria, sin diferenciar (<1,600,000 años)
1-5 mm/año
0.2-1 mm/año
<0.2 mm/año (o desconocida)
CALIDAD
Continua a la escala del mapa
Pobre o discontinua a la escala del mapa
Inferida u oculta
TIPO DE ESTRUCTURA
FALLAS
Falla inversa o corrimiento (triángulos en bloque superior)
Falla de rumbo dextral
Falla de rumbo sinestral
Falla normal (círculo en bloque hundido)
PLIEGUES
Anticlinal
Synclinal
OTROS SIMBOLICOS
Extremidad de sección de falla
Numbre de falla (CO-)
Terremoto (07/25/99)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORU.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
OPEN FILE REPORTOFR 00-0284
Text accompanies map
Digital data prepared with ARC/INFO version 7.2.1 running under Solaris version 2.6 on a Unix workstation. Last revision July, 2000.
Map prepared by L.-A. Bradley and M.N. Machette using Adobe Illustrator version 9.0. Last revision March, 2000.
This map is available as a PDF file at http:/geology.cr.usgs.gov
This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for discriptive purposes and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Mapa de Fallas y Pliegues Cuaternarias de Colombiay Regiones Oceanicas Adyacentes
Proyecto Internacional de la Litósfera, Grupo de Trabajo II-2,Principales Fallas Activas del Mundo
Un proyecto de cooperación entre el U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)y Gabriel Paris
Datos compilados por Gabriel Paris.Representación digital por Richard L. Dart (USGS).
Proyecto coordinado por Michael N. Machette (Co-chairman, ILP Grupo de Trabajo II-2).
2000
Escala 1:2.500.000Proyección de Mercator
(longitud de meridiano central, 73°W; latitud de escala verdadera 0°; con base en el esferoide de Clarke 1866)
Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds of Colombiaand Its Offshore Regions
A project of International Lithosphere Program Task Group II-2,Major Active Faults of the World
A cooperative project between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)and Gabriel Paris
Data compiled by Gabriel Paris. Digital representation by Richard L. Dart (USGS).
Project coordination by Michael N. Machette (Co-chairman, ILP Task Group II-2).
2000
Scale 1:2,500,000Mercator Projection
(longitude of central meridian, 73°W; latitude of true scale 0°; Clarke 1866 spheroid)
International Lithosphere
Program(ILP)
ProgramaInternacionalde la Litósfera
(ILP)