Mutatá Fault
| Mutatá Fault | |
|---|---|
| Falla Mutatá | |
| Etymology | Mutatá |
| Coordinates | 07°17′45″N 76°28′40″W / 7.29583°N 76.47778°W |
| Country | Colombia |
| Region | Caribbean |
| State | Antioquia |
| Cities | Mutatá |
| Characteristics | |
| Range | Urabá Basin |
| Part of | Andean thrust faults |
| Length | 44.7 km (27.8 mi) |
| Strike | 326.4 ± 11 |
| Dip | East |
| Dip angle | Probably medium to high |
| Displacement | 0.2–1 mm (0.0079–0.0394 in)/yr |
| Tectonics | |
| Plate | North Andean |
| Status | Active |
| Earthquakes | 2016 Mutatá (Mw 6.0) 7 September 1882 Turbo (X) (possibly) |
| Type | Thrust fault |
| Movement | Oblique sinistral reverse |
| Age | Quaternary |
| Orogeny | Andean |
The Mutatá Fault (Spanish: Falla Mutatá) is a strike-slip fault named after Mutatá in the department of Antioquia in northern Colombia. The fault has a total length of 44.7 kilometres (27.8 mi) and runs along an average northwest to southeast strike of 326.4 ± 11 in the Urabá Basin. The fault is active and produced the 2016 Mutatá earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0.