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7630' 7600' 7530' 7500' 7430' 7400' 7330'
7630'
330'
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530'
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CO-37
CO-36
CO-33
CO-29f
CO-15a
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Diagram of major plate boundaries for Colombia
Esquema de lmites de placas para Colombia
RELATIVE PLATE MOTION
1
2
3
4
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 (tamaki@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
72.5W/9.5N
77.5W/11.5N
79.0W/6.0N
71.0W/3.0N
Caribbean
South America
South America
Nazca
South America
Caribbean
Nazca
South America
1.3 cm/yr
1.3 cm/yr
6.3 cm/yr
6.6 cm/yr
277
102
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No. Location Fixed Plate Moving Plate Velocity Direction
3
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80 77 74 71 68
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ECUADOR
AZIL
VENEZUELA
Ma r Ca r i b e
South America
Plate
Nazca
Plate
Caribbean Plate
North Andes
Block
Panama
Block
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Mercator Projection
COLOMBIA

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A M E R I C A
VENEZUELA
OFR 00-018
PANAMA
OFR 98-779
COLOMBIA
OFR 00-0284
BOLIVIA
OFR 00-0283
Plate 1
ARGENTINA
OFR 00-0108
CHILE
OFR 00-0283
Plate 2
01
02
02a
02b
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
15a
15b
15c
15d
15e
15f
15g
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
29a
29b
29c
29d
29e
29f
29g
29h
29i
29j
29k
29l
29m
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Oca fault
Santa Marta-Bucaramanga fault system
Santa Marta section
Bucaramanga section
Cao Tomas fault
Tarra fault
Montera fault
Tucura fault
Mutat fault
Murind fault
Ungua fault
Bahia Solano fault
Murri fault
Caasgordas fault
Abriaqui fault
Urrao fault
Romeral fault system
Montenegro (fault) section
Armenia (fault) section
Paraiso section
Piendam (fault) section
Rosas-Julumito (fault) section
Cordoba-Navarco (fault) section
Buesaco-Aranda (fault) section
Santa Rita fault
Espiritu Santo fault
Ot Norte fault
Bagre Norte fault
Palestina fault
Cimitarra fault
Mulato-Getudo fault
Honda fault
Alto del Trigo fault (part of Salinas fault system)
Bituima fault (part of Salinas fault system)
Suarez fault
Morronegro-Las Mercedes fault system
Chitaga-Pamplona faults
Eastern 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
Bogot fault
Viani fault
Usme fault
Cucuana fault
Ibagu fault
Toro fault
Argelia fault
Garrapatas fault
Dagua-Calima fault system
El Tambor fault
Naya-Micay fault
Remolino-El Charco fault
Piedrancha fault
Guaitara fault
La Plata (Chusma) fault
Irlanda fault
La Dina fault
Nazca subduction zone
South Caribbean deformed belt (Colombia fault)
Right-lateral
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Left-lateral/reverse
Left-lateral/reverse
Reverse
Reverse
Reverse
Reverse/left lateral(?)
Left-lateral/reverse
Left-lateral
Reverse/right lateral
Reverse
Reverse/left-lateral
Reverse/left-lateral
Reverse/left-lateral
Left-lateral
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Normal/left-lateral
Normal/left-lateral
Thrust/right-lateral
Reverse/right-lateral
Reverse/right-lateral
Left-lateral
Right lateral Historic (1995) 1-5
Left-lateral
Normal and right-lateral
Left lateral/reverse
Left lateral and reverse
Reverse/left-lateral
Reverse/left-lateral(?)
Reverse/left-lateral
Reverse/left-lateral?
Reverse/left-lateral?
Reverse/left-lateral
Reverse/left-lateral
Reverse/strike-slip
Reverse and left-lateral
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Reverse/right-lateral
Reverse/right-lateral
Reverse/right-lateral
Reverse/right-lateral
Reverse/slight right-lateral
Reverse/right-lateral?
Reverse/left-lateral
Right-lateral
Right-lateral(?) & reverse
Right-lateral & reverse
Reverse/right-lateral
Right-lateral
Reverse/right-lateral
Reverse
Reverse/right-lateral
Reverse/right-lateral
Normal/right-lateral
Right-lateral
Right-lateral, slight oblique
Left-lateral
Reverse/right lateral?
Reverse/right lateral?
Normal
Reverse/right lateral?
Right-lateral/oblique
Probably right-lateral/oblique
Probably right-lateral/oblique
Right-lateral
Right-lateral/reverse
Right-lateral
Reverse/right-lateral
Thrust
Thrust/dextral oblique
<15 ka, possibly historic (1833 or 1834)
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<1.6 Ma?
<1.6 Ma
<1.6 Ma?
<1.6 Ma
<1.6 Ma
<15 ka(?)
<15 ka
Historic (1992)
<1.6 Ma?
Historic (1970)
<1.6 Ma
<1.6 Ma (probably <130 ka)
<1.6 Ma
<1.6 Ma
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<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)
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<15 ka
Historic (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 Ma
Historic (1906, 1942, 1958, 1979)
<1.6 Ma (probably <15 ka)
0.2-1
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Unknown, probably <0.2
<0.2
Unknown, probably <0.2
Unknown, probably <0.2
<0.2
0.2-1
0.2-1
0.2-1
Unknown, probably 0.2-1
0.2-1
0.2-1
<0.2
0.2-1
0.2-1
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<0.2
<0.2
0.2-1
0.2-1
0.2-1
<0.2
<0.2
0.2-1
<0.2
0.2-1
0.2-1
<0.2
<0.2
0.2-1, <0.2
<0.2
<0.2
<0.2
0.2-1
Unknown, probably 0.2-1
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1-5
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-5(?)
0.2-1
Unknown, probably 0.2-1
1-5
Unknown, probably 0.2-1
Unknown, probably 0.2-1
<0.2
<0.2
1-5
<0.2
1-5
<0.2
Unknown, probably <0.2
Unknown, probably <0.2
<0.2
Unknown, probably <0.2
0.2-1
Unknown, probably <0.2
Unknown, probably <0.2
Unknown, probably 0.2-1
Unknown, probably 0.2-1
Unknown, probably <0.2
Unknown, probably 0.2-1
Ca. 70 across zone
Ca. 10 across belt
Number
(CO-)
Numer
(CO-)
Name of structure
Nombre de structuro
Sense of movement
(major/minor)
Sentido de movimiento
(mayor/menor)
Time of most recent movement
Edad del ltimo movimiento
Slip rate
(mm/yr)
Tasa de movimiento
(mm/ao)
QUATERNARY FAULTS OF COLOMBIA
FALLAS 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
Histrica (ao)
Holocena (<10,000 aos) o post glacial (<15,000 aos)
Cuaternaria, sin diferenciar (<1,600,000 aos)
1-5 mm/ao
0.2-1 mm/ao
<0.2 mm/ao (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 (tringulos en bloque superior)
Falla de rumbo dextral
Falla de rumbo sinestral
Falla normal (crculo en bloque hundido)
PLIEGUES
Anticlinal
Synclinal
OTROS SIMBOLICOS
Extremidad de seccin de falla
Numbre de falla (CO-)
Terremoto (07/25/99)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
OPEN FILE REPORT
OFR 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 Colombia
y Regiones Oceanicas Adyacentes
Proyecto Internacional de la Litsfera, Grupo de Trabajo II-2,
Principales Fallas Activas del Mundo
Un proyecto de cooperacin entre el U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
y Gabriel Paris
Datos compilados por Gabriel Paris.
Representacin digital por Richard L. Dart (USGS).
Proyecto coordinado por Michael N. Machette (Co-chairman, ILP Grupo de Trabajo II-2).
2000
Escala 1:2.500.000
Proyeccin de Mercator
(longitud de meridiano central, 73W; latitud de escala verdadera 0; con base en el esferoide de Clarke 1866)
Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds of Colombia
and 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 1:2,500,000
Mercator Projection
(longitude of central meridian, 73W; latitude of true scale 0; Clarke 1866 spheroid)
International
Lithosphere
Program
(ILP)
Programa
Internacional
de la Litsfera
(ILP)