Remolino-El Charco Fault | |
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Falla de Remolino-El Charco | |
Etymology | Remolino Grande & El Charco |
Location | Tumaco Basin |
Coordinates | 02°11′41.9″N 78°25′57.0″W / 2.194972°N 78.432500°W |
Country | Colombia |
Region | Pacific/Chocó |
State | Nariño |
Cities | Tumaco |
Characteristics | |
Part of | Pacific strike-slip faults |
Length | 148.7 km (92.4 mi) |
Strike | 046.4 ± 6 |
Dip | Vertical |
Displacement | <0.2 mm (0.0079 in)/yr |
Tectonics | |
Plate | North Andean |
Status | Inactive |
Type | Strike-slip fault |
Movement | Dextral |
Age | Quaternary |
Orogeny | Andean |
The Remolino-El Charco Fault (Spanish: Falla de Remolino-El Charco) is a dextral strike-slip fault in the department of Nariño in Colombia. The fault has a total length of 148.7 kilometres (92.4 mi) and runs along an average northeast to southwest strike of 046.4 ± 6 in the Tumaco Basin along the Pacific Coast of Colombia.