Naya-Micay Fault

Naya-Micay Fault
Falla de Naya-Micay
Map showing the location of Naya-Micay Fault
Map showing the location of Naya-Micay Fault
EtymologyNaya & Micay Rivers
LocationTumaco Basin
Coordinates03°15′41.0″N 77°22′54.2″W / 3.261389°N 77.381722°W / 3.261389; -77.381722
Country Colombia
RegionPacific/Chocó
StateCauca, Valle del Cauca
Characteristics
Part ofPacific oblique faults
Length158.2 km (98.3 mi)
Strike034.1 ± 12
DipEast
Dip angleunknown
Displacement0.2–1 mm (0.0079–0.0394 in)/yr
Tectonics
PlateNorth Andean
StatusInactive
TypeOblique thrust fault
MovementDextral reverse
AgeQuaternary
OrogenyAndean

The Naya-Micay Fault (Spanish: Falla de Naya-Micay) is a dextral oblique thrust fault in the departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca in Colombia. The fault has a total length of 158.2 kilometres (98.3 mi) and runs along an average northeast to southwest strike of 034.1 ± 12 in the Tumaco Basin along the Pacific Coast of Colombia.