Ibagué Fault
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The Ibagué Fault (Spanish: Falla de Ibagué) is a major dextral slightly oblique strike-slip fault in the department of Tolima in central Colombia. The fault has a total length of 123.9 kilometres (77.0 mi) and runs along an average east-northeast to west-southwest strike of 067.9 ± 11 cross-cutting the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes.
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Ibagué Fault | |
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Falla de Ibagué | |
Etymology | Ibagué |
Coordinates | 04°23′44″N 75°18′18″W |
Country | Colombia |
Region | Andean |
State | Tolima |
Cities | Ibagué |
Characteristics | |
Range | Central Ranges, Andes |
Part of | Andean strike-slip faults |
Length | 123.9 km (77.0 mi) |
Strike | 067.9 ± 11 |
Dip | Vertical |
Displacement | 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in)/yr |
Tectonics | |
Plate | North Andean |
Status | Active |
Earthquakes | Pre-Columbian era (~1040-1280 AD) Possibly 1825 & 1942 |
Type | Slightly oblique strike-slip fault |
Movement | Reverse dextral |
Rock units | Cajamarca Complex, Gualanday & Honda Groups, Ibagué Batholith & Fan |
Age | Holocene |
Orogeny | Andean |
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The fault is part of a regional shear zone and has been active in historical times, possibly associated with the 1825 Ibagué earthquake and an earthquake in 1942.