Usme Fault | |
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Falla de Usme | |
Etymology | Usme |
Coordinates | 04°20′03.9″N 74°12′11.2″W / 4.334417°N 74.203111°W |
Country | Colombia |
Region | Andean |
State | Cundinamarca |
Cities | Bogotá |
Characteristics | |
Range | Eastern Ranges, Andes |
Part of | Andean oblique faults |
Length | 64.9 km (40.3 mi) |
Strike | 022.7 ± 6 |
Dip | East |
Dip angle | High |
Displacement | 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in)/yr |
Tectonics | |
Plate | North Andean |
Status | Active |
Earthquakes | Possibly historic |
Type | Oblique normal fault |
Movement | Dextral |
Age | Quaternary |
Orogeny | Andean |
The Usme Fault (Spanish: Falla de Usme) is a dextral oblique normal fault in the department of Cundinamarca in central Colombia. The fault has a total length of 64.9 kilometres (40.3 mi) and runs along an average north-northeast to south-southwest strike of 022.7 ± 6 in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.