Naya-Micay Fault | |
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Falla de Naya-Micay | |
Etymology | Naya & Micay Rivers |
Location | Tumaco Basin |
Coordinates | 03°15′41.0″N 77°22′54.2″W / 3.261389°N 77.381722°W |
Country | Colombia |
Region | Pacific/Chocó |
State | Cauca, Valle del Cauca |
Characteristics | |
Part of | Pacific oblique faults |
Length | 158.2 km (98.3 mi) |
Strike | 034.1 ± 12 |
Dip | East |
Dip angle | unknown |
Displacement | 0.2–1 mm (0.0079–0.0394 in)/yr |
Tectonics | |
Plate | North Andean |
Status | Inactive |
Type | Oblique thrust fault |
Movement | Dextral reverse |
Age | Quaternary |
Orogeny | Andean |
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.