Usme Fault

Usme Fault
Falla de Usme
Map showing the location of Usme Fault
Map showing the location of Usme Fault
EtymologyUsme
Coordinates04°20′03.9″N 74°12′11.2″W / 4.334417°N 74.203111°W / 4.334417; -74.203111
Country Colombia
RegionAndean
StateCundinamarca
CitiesBogotá
Characteristics
RangeEastern Ranges, Andes
Part ofAndean oblique faults
Length64.9 km (40.3 mi)
Strike022.7 ± 6
DipEast
Dip angleHigh
Displacement1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in)/yr
Tectonics
PlateNorth Andean
StatusActive
EarthquakesPossibly historic
TypeOblique normal fault
MovementDextral
AgeQuaternary
OrogenyAndean

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.