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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

Buenaventura

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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 (tamaki@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp)

72.5°W/9.5°N77.5°W/11.5°N79.0°W/6.0°N71.0°W/3.0°N

CaribbeanSouth AmericaSouth America

Nazca

South AmericaCaribbean

NazcaSouth America

1.3 cm/yr1.3 cm/yr6.3 cm/yr6.6 cm/yr

277°102°79°

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ECUADOR

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Caribbean Plate

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Scale 1:8,000,000Mercator Projection

COLOMBIA

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VENEZUELAOFR 00-018

PANAMAOFR 98-779

COLOMBIAOFR 00-0284

BOLIVIAOFR 00-0283

Plate 1

ARGENTINAOFR 00-0108

CHILEOFR 00-0283

Plate 2

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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

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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)

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QUALITY

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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

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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

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<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)

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