Palestina Fault | |
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Falla de Palestina | |
Named by | Feininger |
Year defined | 1970 |
Coordinates | 05°57′02″N 74°56′17.2″W / 5.95056°N 74.938111°W |
Country | Colombia |
Region | Andean |
State | Antioquia, Bolívar, Caldas |
Characteristics | |
Range | Central Ranges, Andes |
Part of | Andean oblique faults |
Length | 369.6 km (229.7 mi) |
Strike | 017.8 ± 11 |
Dip | West |
Dip angle | Moderate to high |
Displacement | 0.2–1 mm (0.0079–0.0394 in)/yr |
Tectonics | |
Plate | North Andean |
Status | Inactive |
Type | Oblique thrust fault |
Movement | Sinistral reverse |
Age | Neogene to Quaternary |
Orogeny | Andean |
Volcanic arc/belt | Northern Volcanic Zone Andean Volcanic Belt |
The Palestina Fault (Spanish: Falla de Palestina) is a regional sinistral oblique thrust fault in the departments of Antioquia, Caldas and Bolívar in central Colombia. The fault has a total length of 369.6 kilometres (229.7 mi) and runs along an average north-northeast to south-southwest strike of 017.8 ± 11 along the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes.