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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">A small tectonic plate off the coast west of Ecuador and Colombia</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #e7dcc3;">Malpelo plate</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The Malpelo plate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg/280px-Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg/420px-Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg/560px-Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="759" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Malpelo plate in purple, Coiba plate in dark red<br />PTF in red, CTF in green</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Microplates" title="List of tectonic plates">Micro</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Malpelo_plate&params=03_14_N_81_14_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">03°14′N</span> <span class="longitude">81°14′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">3.233°N 81.233°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">3.233; -81.233</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Movement<sup>1</sup></th><td class="infobox-data">East</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Features</th><td class="infobox-data">Bordering:<br /><a href="/wiki/Coiba_plate" title="Coiba plate">Coiba plate</a> (north)<br /><a href="/wiki/North_Andes_plate" title="North Andes plate">North Andes plate</a> (east)<br /><a href="/wiki/Nazca_plate" title="Nazca plate">Nazca plate</a> (south)<br /><a href="/wiki/Cocos_plate" title="Cocos plate">Cocos plate</a> (west)<br />Basins:<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Offshore_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chocó Offshore Basin (page does not exist)">Chocó Offshore Basin</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombian_Deep_Pacific_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colombian Deep Pacific Basin (page does not exist)">Colombian Deep Pacific Basin</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><sup>1</sup>Relative to the <a href="/wiki/African_plate" title="African plate">African plate</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Malpelo plate</b> is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Microplates" title="List of tectonic plates">small tectonic plate</a> (microplate) located off the coasts west of <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>. It is the 57th plate to be identified. It is named after <a href="/wiki/Malpelo_Island" title="Malpelo Island">Malpelo Island</a>, the only emerged part of the plate. It is bounded on the west by the <a href="/wiki/Cocos_plate" title="Cocos plate">Cocos plate</a>, on the south by the <a href="/wiki/Nazca_plate" title="Nazca plate">Nazca plate</a>, on the east by the <a href="/wiki/North_Andes_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="North Andes Plate">North Andes Plate</a>, and on the north by the <a href="/wiki/Coiba_plate" title="Coiba plate">Coiba plate</a>, separated by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coiba_transform_fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coiba transform fault (page does not exist)">Coiba transform fault</a> (CTF). This microplate was previously assumed to be part of the Nazca plate. The Malpelo plate borders three major faults of Pacific Colombia, the north to south <a href="/wiki/Strike_and_dip" title="Strike and dip">striking</a> <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%ADa_Solano_Fault" title="Bahía Solano Fault">Bahía Solano Fault</a> in the north and the <a href="/wiki/Naya-Micay_Fault" title="Naya-Micay Fault">Naya-Micay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Remolino-El_Charco_Fault" title="Remolino-El Charco Fault">Remolino-El Charco Faults</a> in the south. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malpelo_plate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Malpelo plate was hypothesised in 2013 <sup id="cite_ref-Herrera2013_p69_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herrera2013_p69-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and identified by a non-closure of the Nazca–Cocos–Pacific plate motion circuit, in a paper published in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Zhangetal2017_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zhangetal2017-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The formation of the <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_crust" title="Oceanic crust">oceanic crust</a> of the plate has been estimated to be since the <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Middle Miocene</a> (14.7 Ma).<sup id="cite_ref-Meschede2000_p4_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meschede2000_p4-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The researchers used a <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> database of multibeam <a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">sonar</a> soundings west of Ecuador and Colombia to identify a diffuse <a href="/wiki/Plate_boundary" class="mw-redirect" title="Plate boundary">plate boundary</a> that runs from the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Fracture_Zone" title="Panama Fracture Zone">Panama Transform Fault</a> (PTF) eastward to where the boundary intersects a deep <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_trench" title="Oceanic trench">oceanic trench</a> just offshore of the South American coast, north of the <a href="/wiki/Galapagos_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Galapagos Islands">Galapagos Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Zhangetal2017_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zhangetal2017-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malpelo_plate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span 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176.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 174.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Seismic activity map of Colombia"><img alt="Seismic activity map of Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png/262px-Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png/393px-Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png/524px-Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2290" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Seismic activity map of Colombia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 192.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IslaMalpelo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Malpelo Island, namesake of the plate"><img alt="Map of Malpelo Island, namesake of the plate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/IslaMalpelo.png/286px-IslaMalpelo.png" decoding="async" width="191" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/IslaMalpelo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="397" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Map of Malpelo Island, namesake of the plate</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 300.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 298.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malpelo_island_NOAA.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Malpelo Island, the only emerged section of the plate"><img alt="Malpelo Island, the only emerged section of the plate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Malpelo_island_NOAA.jpg/448px-Malpelo_island_NOAA.jpg" decoding="async" width="299" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Malpelo_island_NOAA.jpg/672px-Malpelo_island_NOAA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Malpelo_island_NOAA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="851" data-file-height="570" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Malpelo Island, the only emerged section of the plate</div> </li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malpelo_plate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHerrera_Cala2013" class="citation cs2">Herrera Cala, Francys Daniela (2013), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblioteca.upbbga.edu.co/docs/digital_25012.pdf"><i>Correlación de eventos sísmicos con la temperatura ambiental, en el área metropolitana de Bucaramanga</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Bolivarian_University" title="Pontifical Bolivarian University">Universidad 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLonsdaleFornari1980" class="citation cs2">Lonsdale, Peter; Fornari, Daniel (1980), "Submarine geology of Malpelo Ridge, Panama Basin", <i><a href="/wiki/Marine_Geology_(journal)" title="Marine Geology (journal)">Marine Geology</a></i>, <b>36</b> (1–2): 65–83, <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980MGeol..36...65L">1980MGeol..36...65L</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0025-3227%2880%2990041-9">10.1016/0025-3227(80)90041-9</a></cite><span 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href="http://www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/sallaresetalJGR2003.pdf">"Seismic structure of Cocos and Malpelo Volcanic Ridges and implications for hot spot-ridge interaction"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Geophysical_Research" title="Journal of Geophysical Research">Journal of Geophysical Research</a></i>, <b>108</b> (B12): 1–21, <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003JGRB..108.2564S">2003JGRB..108.2564S</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1029%2F2003JB002431">10.1029/2003JB002431</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10261%2F201314">10261/201314</a><span 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href="/wiki/Caribbean_plate" title="Caribbean plate">Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_plate" title="Caroline plate">Caroline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocos_plate" title="Cocos plate">Cocos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_plate" title="Indian plate">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazca_plate" title="Nazca plate">Nazca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides_plate" title="New Hebrides plate">New Hebrides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okhotsk_microplate" title="Okhotsk microplate">Okhotsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea_plate" title="Philippine Sea plate">Philippine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotia_plate" title="Scotia plate">Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_plate" title="Somali plate">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunda_plate" title="Sunda plate">Sunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yangtze_plate" title="Yangtze plate">Yangtze</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Microplates" title="List of tectonic plates">Microplates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_plate" title="Adriatic plate">Adriatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea_plate" title="Aegean Sea plate">Aegean Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatolian_sub-plate" title="Anatolian sub-plate">Anatolian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balmoral_Reef_plate" title="Balmoral Reef plate">Balmoral Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banda_Sea_plate" title="Banda Sea plate">Banda Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bird%27s_Head_plate" title="Bird's Head plate">Bird's Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capricorn_plate" title="Capricorn plate">Capricorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coiba_plate" title="Coiba plate">Coiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway_Reef_plate" title="Conway Reef plate">Conway Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_plate" title="Explorer plate">Explorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futuna_plate" title="Futuna plate">Futuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_microplate" title="Galápagos microplate">Galápagos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gon%C3%A2ve_microplate" title="Gonâve microplate">Gonâve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorda_plate" title="Gorda plate">Gorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland_plate" title="Greenland plate">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halmahera_plate" title="Halmahera plate">Halmahera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iberian_plate" title="Iberian plate">Iberian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_plateau" title="Iranian plateau">Iranian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Fuca_plate" title="Juan de Fuca plate">Juan de Fuca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Fern%C3%A1ndez_plate" title="Juan Fernández plate">Juan Fernández</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerguelen_Plateau" title="Kerguelen Plateau">Kerguelen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermadec_plate" title="Kermadec plate">Kermadec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lwandle_plate" title="Lwandle plate">Lwandle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_plate" title="Madagascar plate">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Malpelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manus_plate" title="Manus plate">Manus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maoke_plate" title="Maoke plate">Maoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariana_plate" title="Mariana plate">Mariana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molucca_Sea_plate" title="Molucca Sea plate">Molucca Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niuafo%27ou_plate" title="Niuafo'ou plate">Niuafo’ou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Andes_plate" title="North Andes plate">North Andes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bismarck_plate" title="North Bismarck plate">North Bismarck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Galapagos_microplate" title="North Galapagos microplate">North Galápagos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_plate" title="Okinawa plate">Okinawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_plate" title="Panama plate">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelso_plate" title="Pelso plate">Pelso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Mobile_Belt" title="Philippine Mobile Belt">Philippine Mobile Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivera_plate" title="Rivera plate">Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rovuma_plate" title="Rovuma plate">Rovuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangihe_plate" title="Sangihe plate">Sangihe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_microcontinent" title="Seychelles microcontinent">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shetland_plate" title="Shetland plate">Shetland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Sea_plate" title="Solomon Sea plate">Solomon Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bismarck_plate" title="South Bismarck plate">South Bismarck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sandwich_plate" title="South Sandwich plate">South Sandwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timor_plate" title="Timor plate">Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tisza_plate" title="Tisza plate">Tisza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonga_plate" title="Tonga plate">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trobriand_plate" title="Trobriand plate">Trobriand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_microplate" title="Victoria microplate">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodlark_plate" title="Woodlark plate">Woodlark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Ancient_tectonic_plates" title="List of tectonic plates">Ancient plates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_plate" title="Baltic plate">Baltic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellingshausen_plate" title="Bellingshausen plate">Bellingshausen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charcot_plate" title="Charcot plate">Charcot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cimmeria_(continent)" title="Cimmeria (continent)">Cimmeria</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mid-ocean_ridge#List_of_ancient_oceanic_ridges" title="Mid-ocean ridge">Ancient oceanic ridges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aegir_Ridge" title="Aegir Ridge">Aegir Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Ridge" title="Alpha Ridge">Alpha Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antarctic%E2%80%93Phoenix_Ridge" title="Antarctic–Phoenix Ridge">Antarctic–Phoenix Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kula%E2%80%93Farallon_Ridge" title="Kula–Farallon Ridge">Kula–Farallon Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Labrador_Ridge" title="Mid-Labrador Ridge">Mid-Labrador Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific%E2%80%93Farallon_Ridge" title="Pacific–Farallon Ridge">Pacific–Farallon Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific%E2%80%93Kula_Ridge" title="Pacific–Kula Ridge">Pacific–Kula Ridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" 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title="Coiba plate">Coiba plate</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Malpelo plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Andes_plate" title="North Andes plate">North Andes plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_plate" title="Panama plate">Panama plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_plate" title="South American plate">South American plate</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NorthAndesPlate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/NorthAndesPlate.png/120px-NorthAndesPlate.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/NorthAndesPlate.png/180px-NorthAndesPlate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/NorthAndesPlate.png/240px-NorthAndesPlate.png 2x" data-file-width="564" 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class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png/120px-Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png/180px-Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png/240px-Mapa_de_Amenaza_S%C3%ADsmica_de_Colombia.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2290" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Andes_plate#Terranes" title="North Andes plate">Terranes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chibcha_Terrane" title="Chibcha Terrane">Chibcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taham%C3%AD_Terrane" title="Tahamí Terrane">Tahamí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribe_Terrane" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribe Terrane">Caribe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Guajira_Terrane" title="La Guajira Terrane">La Guajira</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arqu%C3%ADa_Terrane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arquía Terrane (page does not exist)">Arquía</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quebradagrande_Terrane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quebradagrande Terrane (page does not exist)">Quebradagrande</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anacona_Terrane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anacona Terrane (page does not exist)">Anacona</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amazonian_Craton" title="Amazonian Craton">Amazonian Craton</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_Negro-Juruena_Province&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Río Negro-Juruena Province (page does not exist)">Río Negro-Juruena</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;;width:1%">Terrane-bounding<br />fault systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagre_Norte_Fault" title="Bagre Norte Fault">Bagre Norte</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bucaramanga-Santa_Marta_Fault" class="mw-redirect" title="Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault">Bucaramanga-Santa Marta</a> (BSF)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cimitarra_Fault" title="Cimitarra Fault">Cimitarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cucuana_Fault" title="Cucuana Fault">Cucuana</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Frontal_Fault_System" title="Eastern Frontal Fault System">Eastern Frontal</a> (EFS)</b> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Afiladores_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afiladores Fault (page does not exist)">Afiladores</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Algeciras_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Algeciras Fault (page does not exist)">Algeciras</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garz%C3%B3n-Pitalito_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Garzón-Pitalito Fault (page does not exist)">Garzón-Pitalito</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guaic%C3%A1ramo_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guaicáramo Fault (page does not exist)">Guaicáramo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guayuriba_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guayuriba Fault (page does not exist)">Guayuriba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mocoa_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mocoa Fault (page does not exist)">Mocoa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Pedro-Cumaral_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="San Pedro-Cumaral Fault (page does not exist)">San Pedro-Cumaral</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Servit%C3%A1-Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Servitá-Santa María Fault (page does not exist)">Servitá-Santa María</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sibundoy_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sibundoy Fault (page does not exist)">Sibundoy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suaz%C3%A1_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suazá Fault (page does not exist)">Suazá</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yopal_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yopal Fault (page does not exist)">Yopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bocon%C3%B3_Fault" title="Boconó Fault">Boconó</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulato-Getudo_Fault" title="Mulato-Getudo Fault">Mulato-Getudo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oca-Anc%C3%B3n_Fault_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Oca-Ancón Fault System">Oca</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ot%C3%BA_Norte_Fault" title="Otú Norte Fault">Otú Norte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestina_Fault" title="Palestina Fault">Palestina</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Romeral_Fault_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Romeral Fault System">Romeral</a> (RFS)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenia_Fault" title="Armenia Fault">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buesaco-Aranda_Fault" title="Buesaco-Aranda Fault">Buesaco-Aranda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba-Navarco_Fault" title="Córdoba-Navarco Fault">Córdoba-Navarco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegro_Fault" title="Montenegro Fault">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Para%C3%ADso_Fault" title="Paraíso Fault">Paraíso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piendam%C3%B3_Fault" title="Piendamó Fault">Piendamó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosas-Julumito_Fault" title="Rosas-Julumito Fault">Rosas-Julumito</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;;width:1%">Intraterrane<br />faults</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Chibcha_Terrane" title="Chibcha Terrane">Chibcha</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bituima%E2%80%93La_Salina_fault_system&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bituima–La Salina fault system (page does not exist)">Bituima–La Salina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1_Fault" title="Bogotá Fault">Bogotá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%B1o_Tom%C3%A1s_Fault" title="Caño Tomás Fault">Caño Tomás</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitag%C3%A1-Pamplona_Fault" title="Chitagá-Pamplona Fault">Chitagá-Pamplona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Dina_Fault" title="La Dina Fault">La Dina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honda_Fault" title="Honda Fault">Honda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibagu%C3%A9_Fault" title="Ibagué Fault">Ibagué</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irlanda_Fault" title="Irlanda Fault">Irlanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Macarena_Fault" title="La Macarena Fault">La Macarena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Plata_Fault" title="La Plata Fault">La Plata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Su%C3%A1rez_Fault" title="Suárez Fault">Suárez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarra_Fault" title="Tarra Fault">Tarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usme_Fault" title="Usme Fault">Usme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vian%C3%AD_Fault" title="Vianí Fault">Vianí</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Taham%C3%AD_Terrane" title="Tahamí Terrane">Tahamí</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Espirit%C3%BA_Santo_Fault_System" title="Espiritú Santo Fault System">Espiritú Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uramita_Fault_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uramita Fault System (page does not exist)">Uramita</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Caribe_Terrane" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribe Terrane">Caribe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abriaqu%C3%AD_Fault" title="Abriaquí Fault">Abriaquí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argelia_Fault" title="Argelia Fault">Argelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagre_Norte_Fault" title="Bagre Norte Fault">Bagre Norte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%ADa_Solano_Fault" title="Bahía Solano Fault">Bahía Solano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%B1asgordas_Fault" title="Cañasgordas Fault">Cañasgordas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cauca_Fault_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cauca Fault System (page does not exist)">Cauca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrapatas_Fault_Zone" title="Garrapatas Fault Zone">Garrapatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murind%C3%B3_Fault" title="Murindó Fault">Murindó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murr%C3%AD_Fault" title="Murrí Fault">Murrí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutat%C3%A1_Fault" title="Mutatá Fault">Mutatá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monter%C3%ADa_Fault" title="Montería Fault">Montería</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naya-Micay_Fault" title="Naya-Micay Fault">Naya-Micay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedrancha_Fault" title="Piedrancha Fault">Piedrancha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remolino-El_Charco_Fault" title="Remolino-El Charco Fault">Remolino-El Charco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rita_Fault" title="Santa Rita Fault">Santa Rita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Tambor_Fault" title="El Tambor Fault">El Tambor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toro_Fault" title="Toro Fault">Toro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucur%C3%A1_Fault" title="Tucurá Fault">Tucurá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ungu%C3%ADa_Fault" title="Unguía Fault">Unguía</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urrao_Fault" title="Urrao Fault">Urrao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;"><a href="/wiki/La_Guajira_Terrane" title="La Guajira Terrane">La Guajira</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cuisa_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cuisa Fault (page does not exist)">Cuisa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;"><a href="/wiki/North_Andes_plate#Terranes" title="North Andes plate">Other terranes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meta_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meta Fault (page does not exist)">Meta</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagua-Calima_Fault_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dagua-Calima Fault System (page does not exist)">Dagua-Calima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%A1itara_Fault" title="Guáitara Fault">Guáitara</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morronegro-Las_Mercedes_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morronegro-Las Mercedes Fault (page does not exist)">Morronegro-Las Mercedes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Colombia" title="List of earthquakes in Colombia">Major<br />earthquakes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1646_Muzo_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1646 Muzo earthquake (page does not exist)">1646</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1743_Chingaza_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1743 Chingaza earthquake (page does not exist)">1743</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1785_Viceroyalty_of_New_Granada_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1785 Viceroyalty of New Granada earthquake (page does not exist)">1785</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1827_Timan%C3%A1_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1827 Timaná earthquake (page does not exist)">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1834_Sibundoy_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1834 Sibundoy earthquake (page does not exist)">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Ecuador_earthquakes" title="1868 Ecuador earthquakes">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_C%C3%BAcuta_earthquake" title="1875 Cúcuta earthquake">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Ecuador%E2%80%93Colombia_earthquake" title="1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1917_Sumapaz_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1917 Sumapaz earthquake (page does not exist)">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_T%C3%BAquerres_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 Túquerres earthquake (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Ecuador%E2%80%93Colombia_earthquake" title="1958 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Aranzazu_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 Aranzazu earthquake (page does not exist)">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Neiva_earthquake" title="1967 Neiva earthquake">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Colombia_earthquake" title="1970 Colombia earthquake">1970 (1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Bah%C3%ADa_Solano_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 Bahía Solano earthquake">1970 (2)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_El_Cairo_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 El Cairo earthquake (page does not exist)">1979 (1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Tumaco_earthquake" title="1979 Tumaco earthquake">1979 (2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Popay%C3%A1n_earthquake" title="1983 Popayán earthquake">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Ecuador%E2%80%93Colombia_earthquakes" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 Ecuador–Colombia earthquakes">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Choc%C3%B3_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Chocó earthquake">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Murind%C3%B3_earthquake" title="1992 Murindó earthquake">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_P%C3%A1ez_River_earthquake" title="1994 Páez River earthquake">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Tauramena_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Tauramena earthquake (page does not exist)">1995 (1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Cali_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="1995 Cali earthquake">1995 (2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Colombia%E2%80%93Panama_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 Colombia–Panama earthquake">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Armenia,_Colombia_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Bajo_Baud%C3%B3_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Bajo Baudó earthquake">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Gorgona_Island_earthquake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 Gorgona Island earthquake (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_El_Calvario_earthquake" title="2008 El Calvario earthquake">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_La_Vega_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 La Vega earthquake">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Choc%C3%B3_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Chocó earthquake">2013 (2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Santander_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Santander earthquake">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Ecuador_earthquake" title="2016 Ecuador earthquake">2016 (1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Mutat%C3%A1_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Mutatá earthquake">2016 (2)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Orogeny" title="Orogeny">Orogenies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andean_orogeny" title="Andean orogeny">Andean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Famatinian_orogeny" title="Famatinian orogeny">Famatinian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suns%C3%A1s_orogeny" title="Sunsás orogeny">Sunsás</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rond%C3%B4nia-Juru%C3%A1_orogeny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rondônia-Juruá orogeny (page does not exist)">Rondônia-Juruá</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tapaj%C3%B3s_orogeny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tapajós orogeny (page does not exist)">Tapajós</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transamazonian_orogeny" title="Transamazonian orogeny">Transamazonian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carajas-Imataca_orogeny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carajas-Imataca orogeny (page does not exist)">Carajas-Imataca</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;;width:1%">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bucaramanga_Nest" title="Bucaramanga Nest">Bucaramanga Nest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vichada_Structure" title="Vichada Structure">Vichada Structure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFE6E6; color:black;;width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">     <cite id="CITEREFParisMachetteDartHaller2000" class="citation book cs1">Paris, Gabriel; Machette, Michael N.; Dart, Richard L.; Haller, Kathleen M. (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/ofr-00-0284/ofr-00-0284.pdf"><i>Map and Database of Quaternary Faults and Folds in Colombia and its Offshore Regions</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">USGS</a>. pp. 1–66<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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