The Honda Fault ( es, Falla de Honda is a reverse sinistral
oblique strike-slip fault
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in the
departments
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of
Tolima,
Caldas and
Cundinamarca in central
Colombia
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. The fault has a total length of and runs along an average north-northeast to south-southwest
strike of 016.6 ± 12 in the
Middle Magdalena Valley
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.
Etymology
The fault is named after
Honda,
Tolima.
[Paris et al., 2000, p.32]
Description
The Honda Fault extends through the
Middle Magdalena Valley
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, close to the
Magdalena River and the cities of
Ambalema
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, Honda, and
La Dorada. It offsets beds of the
Miocene Honda Group
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,
Pliocene Mesa Formation, and
Quaternary
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sediment in alluvial terraces. The fault trace is characterised by continuous prominent
scarps, aligned drainages, fault saddles, linear ridges and valleys, sag ponds, degraded scarps, and localized uplifts. The southern half of the fault has a very low to low slip rate (less than per year), while the northern half is low to medium at per year.
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See also
* List of earthquakes in Colombia
* Ibagué Fault
The Ibagué Fault ( es, Falla de Ibagué) is a major dextral slightly thrust fault, oblique strike-slip fault in the departments of Colombia, department of Tolima Department, Tolima in central Colombia. The fault has a total length of and runs al ...
* Romeral Fault System
The Romeral Fault System ( es, Sistema de Fallas (de) Romeral) is a megaregional system of major parallel and anastomosing faults in the Cordillera Central (Colombia), Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes and the Cauca Basin, Cauca, Amagá Basin, ...
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