Cucuana Fault
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| Cucuana Fault | |
|---|---|
| Falla Cucuana | |
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| Etymology | Cucuana River |
| Coordinates | 04°04′21″N 75°23′19″W / 4.07250°N 75.38861°W |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Region | Andean |
| State | Cundinamarca, Tolima |
| Characteristics | |
| Range | Central & Eastern Ranges, Andes |
| Part of | Andean strike-slip faults |
| Length | 141.4 km (87.9 mi) |
| Strike | 067.9 ± 6 |
| Dip | Vertical |
| Displacement | 0.01–0.1 mm (0.00039–0.00394 in)/yr |
| Tectonics | |
| Plate | North Andean |
| Status | Inactive |
| Type | Strike-slip fault |
| Movement | Dextral |
| Age | Quaternary |
| Orogeny | Andean |
The Cucuana Fault (Spanish: Falla Cucuana) is a dextral strike-slip fault in the departments of Tolima and Cundinamarca in Colombia. The fault has a total length of 141.4 kilometres (87.9 mi) and runs along an average east-northeast to west-southwest strike of 067.9 ± 6 crossing the Middle Magdalena Valley from the Central towards the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.
The fault is named after the Cucuana River.[1]
