Tucurá Fault
| Tucurá Fault | |
|---|---|
| Falla de Tucurá | |
| Etymology | Tucurá |
| Coordinates | 07°40′40″N 76°30′00″W / 7.67778°N 76.50000°W |
| Country | Colombia |
| Region | Andean, Caribbean |
| State | Antioquia, Córdoba |
| Cities | Dabeiba |
| Characteristics | |
| Range | Sinú-San Jacinto Basin, Central Ranges, Andes |
| Part of | Andean thrust faults |
| Length | 74.3 km (46.2 mi) |
| Strike | 356 ± 4 |
| Dip | East |
| Dip angle | 70-80 |
| Displacement | 0.2–1 mm (0.0079–0.0394 in)/yr |
| Tectonics | |
| Plate | North Andean |
| Status | Active |
| Earthquakes | 12 February 1952 (MW 6.7) 3 December 1970 (MW 5.7) 31 August 1977 (MW 5.7) |
| Type | Thrust fault |
| Movement | Oblique slightly sinistral reverse |
| Age | Quaternary |
| Orogeny | Andean |
The Tucurá Fault (Spanish: Falla de Tucurá) is a thrust fault in the departments of Córdoba and Antioquia in northern Colombia. The fault has a total length of 74.3 kilometres (46.2 mi) and runs along an average north-northwest to south-southeast strike of 356 ± 4 in the Sinú-San Jacinto Basin and the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The fault is considered active because of three MW 5.7-6.7 earthquakes associated with the Tucurá Fault occurring in the twentieth century.