Montenegro Fault

Montenegro Fault
Falla de Montenegro
Map showing the location of Montenegro Fault
Map showing the location of Montenegro Fault
EtymologyMontenegro
Coordinates04°31′00″N 75°46′32″W / 4.51667°N 75.77556°W / 4.51667; -75.77556
Country Colombia
RegionAndean
StateQuindío
Characteristics
RangeCentral Ranges, Andes
Part ofRomeral Fault System
Length21.7 km (13.5 mi)
Strike025.1 ± 9
DipWest
Dip angleHigh
Displacement0.1 mm (0.0039 in)/yr
Tectonics
PlateNorth Andean
StatusInactive
TypeOblique strike-slip fault
MovementNormal sinistral
AgeQuaternary
OrogenyAndean

The Montenegro Fault (Spanish: Falla de Montenegro) is an oblique sinistral strike-slip fault in the department of Quindío in west-central Colombia. The fault is part of the megaregional Romeral Fault System and has a total length of 21.7 kilometres (13.5 mi) and runs along an average northwest to southeast strike of 025.1 ± 9 in the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes.