U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OPEN-FILE REPORT

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OFR 03-451
Text accompanies map

Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds of Peru Mapa de Fallas y Pliegues Cuaternarias de
and Its Offshore Regions Peru y Regiones Oceanicas Adyacentes Pasto

International Lithosphere Program Task Group II-2,

Major Active Faults of the World
Internacional de la Litósfera, Grupo de Trabajo II-2,
Principales Fallas Activas del Mundo
C O L O M B I A
A cooperative project of the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado Un proyecto de cooperacion entre el U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado EC-93
and the URS Corporation. y el URS Corporation
2003 Quito
2003 Santo
Domingo
de los
Colorados

MAP EXPLANATION SIMBOLOGIA DEL MAPA

QUATERNARY FAULTS OF PERU

TIME OF MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE

Historic (year)
EDAD DE ULTIMA RUPTURA SUPERFICIAL
Histórica (año)
FALLAS CUATERNARIAS DE PERU
E C U A D O R
Holocena (<10,000 años) o post glacial (<15,000 años) Number Name of structure Sense of movement Time of most recent Slip rate
Holocene (<10,000 yrs) or post glacial (<15,000 yrs)
Cuaternaria, sin diferenciar (<1,600,000 años) (major/minor) movement (mm/yr)
Quaternary, undifferentiated (<1,600,000 yrs) Numeró Nombre de structuro Sentido de movimiento Edad del último Tasa de movimiento
TASA DE MOVIMIENTO (mayor/menor) movimiento (mm/año)
SLIP RATE
1-5 mm/año PE-01 Amotape fault zone Reverse <1.6 Ma <1 (?)
1-5 mm/yr PE-02 Shitari fault Sinistral <15 ka <1 (?) Guayaquil
0.2-1 mm/año PE-03 Chaquilbamba fault Normal Historic (1937) <1 (?)
0.2-1 mm/yr
<0.2 mm/año (o desconocida) PE-04 Eastern Boundary fault Normal <15 ka(?) 1-5(?)
<0.2 mm/yr (or unknown) PE-05 Quiches fault Normal Historic (1946) <1
PE-06 Cordillera Blanca fault zone --------- --------- ----
CALIDAD
PE-06a Section A Normal <15 ka <1
EC-93 Cuenca
QUALITY
Continua a la escala del mapa PE-06b Section B Normal <15 ka 1-5
Continuous at map scale PE-06c Section C Normal <15 ka 1-5
Pobre o discontinua a la escala del mapa G olfo de
Poor or discontinuous at map scale PE-06d Section D Normal <15 ka 1-5
Inferida u oculta PE-07 Cayesh fault Normal <1.6 Ma <1 G uayaquil
Inferred or concealed PE-08 Huaytalpallana fault Reverse, sinistral Historic (1969) <1 (?) Machala
PE-09 Cuzco fault zone Normal Historic (1965 & 1986) 0.2-1 PE-32 Tumbes
TIPO DE ESTRUCTURA
STRUCTURE TYPE
FAULTS
FALLAS
PE-10
PE-11
Ocongate fault zone
Vilcanota River (fault system)
Normal
Normal
<15 ka
<1.6 Ma
0.2-1
<0.2 Loreto
Thrust or reverse fault (teeth on upper block)
Falla inversa o corrimiento (triángulos PE-12
PE-13
Trigal fault
Solarpampa fault
Normal
Normal
<15 ka
<15 ka
0.2-1
0.2-1
Tu m b e s
PE-01
Loja
en bloque superior) PE-14 Machado Chico fault Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2 Mancora
Right-lateral (dextral) strike-slip fault
Falla de rumbo dextral PE-15 Pampa Huanocollo fault Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2

P E R U
Left-lateral (sinistral) strike-slip fault PE-16 Cerro Cordilleras fault --------- --------- ----
Falla de rumbo sinestral PE-16a Northern section Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2
Normal fault (bar and ball on downthrown block)
Falla normal (círculo en bloque hundido) PE-16b Central section Normal <15 ka <0.2 Talara
FOLDS PE-16c Southern section Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2
PLIEGUES PE-17 Unnamed fault west of Rio Moquequa Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2
Anticline Sullana
Anticlinal PE-18 Chololo fault Normal <15 ka <0.2
Syncline PE-19 Cerro Loreto fault Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2 Paita
Synclinal Chulucnas
Monocline PE-20 Chaspaya fault Normal <15 ka <0.2 Piura
Monoclinal PE-21 Cerro Chascoso fault Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2
OTHER SYMBOLS
OTROS SIMBOLICOS
PE-22
PE-23
Altos los Chilenos fault
Cerro Morrito fault
Normal
Normal
<1.6 Ma
<1.6 Ma
<0.2
<0.2
Piura
Location of fault section boundary PE-24 Pampa Trapiche fault Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2
Extremidad de sección de falla
PE-25 Toquepala fault --------- --------- ----
15 Peru fault number (PE-15) 15 Numero de falla de Peru (PE-15) PE-25a
PE-25b
Western section
Eastern section
Normal
Normal
<15 ka
<15 ka
0.2-1.0
0.2-1.0
Amazonas PE-02
PE-26 Micalaco fault Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2
PE-27 Pampa del Purgatorio fault --------- --------- ----
PE-27a Western section Normal <15 ka 0.2-1.0
PE-27b Eastern section Normal <15 ka 0.2-1.0 Lambayeque
DIAGRAM OF MAJOR PLATE BOUNDARY FAULTS FOR PERU PE-28 Villacollo fault --------- --------- ----
PE-28a Northern section Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2
ESQUEMA DE FALLAS LIMITES DE PLACAS PARA PERU
PE-28b Southern section Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2
PE-29 Cerro Rocoso fault Normal <1.6 Ma <0.2
PE-30
PE-31
Cerro Caquilluco fault
San Francisco fault
Unknown
Normal
<1.6 Ma
<1.6 Ma
<0.2
<0.2
Ajamarca San Martin
PE-32 Peru-Chile trench (Nazca Thrust Historic (2001, >5 (75-80)
subduction zone) many prior)
ECUADOR
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ILP FAULT USGS OPEN-FILE (1946)
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MAPS REPORT NO. INDEX TO ILP MAPS
PERU PE-06a
1. ARGENTINA 00-103
2. BOLIVIA 00-293, Plate 1
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3. BRAZIL 00-230
BRAZIL 10 Mw 7.8
4. CHILE 00-283, Plate 2
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Source: Relative Plate Motion Calculator, Nuvel-1A Model; Kensaku Tamaki, Ocean
Huancavelica Cuzco
Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, 164,
Japan (tamaki@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
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ENLARGED MAP OF Ayacucho
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PE-27b
PE-25b

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PE-18 PE-28b

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PE-21
PE-29

PE-30
PE-25b

PE-21 PE-29 PE-25b

PE-22
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PE-23

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PE-19
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PE-32
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This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for
conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial
Scale 1:500,000; Mercator Projection Tacna
standards. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is
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