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Honda Fault
Falla de Honda

Etymology	Honda
Coordinates	05°22′50″N 74°41′44″W / 5.38056°N 74.69556°W / 5.38056; -74.69556
Country	Colombia
Region	Andean
State	Caldas, Cundinamarca, Tolima
Cities	Honda
Characteristics
Range	Middle Magdalena Valley
Part of	Andean oblique faults
Length	187.3 km (116.4 mi)
Strike	016.6 ± 12
Dip	East
Dip angle	unknown
Displacement	<1 mm (0.039 in)/yr
Tectonics
Plate	North Andean
Status	Inactive
Type	Oblique strike-slip fault
Movement	Reverse sinistral
Rock units	Honda Group, Mesa Formation
Age	Quaternary
Orogeny	Andean

The Honda Fault (Spanish: Falla de Honda is a reverse sinistral oblique strike-slip fault in the departments of Tolima, Caldas and Cundinamarca in central Colombia. The fault has a total length of 187.3 kilometres (116.4 mi) and runs along an average north-northeast to south-southwest strike of 016.6 ± 12 in the Middle Magdalena Valley.

Etymology

The fault is named after Honda, Tolima.^[1]

Description

The Honda Fault extends through the Middle Magdalena Valley, close to the Magdalena River and the cities of Ambalema, Honda, and La Dorada. It offsets beds of the Miocene Honda Group, Pliocene Mesa Formation, and Quaternary 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 0.2 millimetres (0.0079 in) per year), while the northern half is low to medium at 0.2 to 1 millimetre (0.0079 to 0.0394 in) per year.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Paris et al., 2000, p.32

Bibliography

Paris, Gabriel; Machette, Michael N.; Dart, Richard L.; Haller, Kathleen M. (2000a), Map and Database of Quaternary Faults and Folds in Colombia and its Offshore Regions (PDF), USGS, pp. 1–66, retrieved 2017-09-18

Maps

Paris, Gabriel; Machette, Michael N.; Dart, Richard L.; Haller, Kathleen M. (2000b), Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds of Colombia and Its Offshore Regions (PDF), USGS, p. 1, retrieved 2017-09-18

Tectonism in Colombia

Tectonic plates

Terranes

Terrane-bounding
fault systems

Bagre Norte
Bucaramanga-Santa Marta (BSF)
Cimitarra
Cucuana
Eastern Frontal (EFS)
- Afiladores
- Algeciras
- Garzón-Pitalito
- Guaicáramo
- Guayuriba
- Mocoa
- San Pedro-Cumaral
- Servitá-Santa María
- Sibundoy
- Suazá
- Yopal
- Boconó
Mulato-Getudo
Oca
Otú Norte
Palestina
Romeral (RFS)

Intraterrane
faults

Chibcha	Bituima–La Salina Bogotá Caño Tomás Chitagá-Pamplona La Dina Honda Ibagué Irlanda La Macarena La Plata Suárez Tarra Usme Vianí
Tahamí	Espiritú Santo Uramita
Caribe	Abriaquí Argelia Bagre Norte Bahía Solano Cañasgordas Cauca Garrapatas Murindó Murrí Mutatá Montería Naya-Micay Piedrancha Remolino-El Charco Santa Rita El Tambor Toro Tucurá Unguía Urrao
La Guajira	Cuisa
Other terranes	Meta Dagua-Calima Guáitara Morronegro-Las Mercedes

Major
earthquakes

1646
1743
1785
1827
1834
1868
1875
1906
1917
1936
1958
1962
1967
1970 (1)
1970 (2)
1979 (1)
1979 (2)
1983
1987
1991
1992
1994
1995 (1)
1995 (2)
1996
1999
2004
2007
2008
2012
2013 (2)
2015
2016 (1)
2016 (2)

Orogenies

Etymology

Description

See also

References

Bibliography

Maps