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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">Small tectonic plate in the northern Andes</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;">North Andes plate</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:NorthAndesPlate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/NorthAndesPlate.png/280px-NorthAndesPlate.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/NorthAndesPlate.png/420px-NorthAndesPlate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/NorthAndesPlate.png/560px-NorthAndesPlate.png 2x" data-file-width="564" data-file-height="472" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">North Andes plate (<i>note</i>: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Boundaries">outdated Nazca plate</a>)</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;">Movement<sup>1</sup></th><td class="infobox-data">North-west</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Speed<sup>1</sup></th><td class="infobox-data">23mm/year</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Features</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</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>North Andes plate</b> or <b>North Andes block</b> is a small <a href="/wiki/Plate_tectonics" title="Plate tectonics">tectonic plate</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Microplates" title="List of tectonic plates">microplate</a>) located in the northern <a href="/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andes</a>. It is squeezed between the faster moving <a href="/wiki/South_American_plate" title="South American plate">South American plate</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nazca_plate" title="Nazca plate">Nazca plate</a> to the southwest. Due to the <a href="/wiki/Subduction" title="Subduction">subduction</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Coiba_plate" title="Coiba plate">Coiba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malpelo_plate" title="Malpelo plate">Malpelo</a> plates, this area is very prone to <a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Colombia" title="List of volcanoes in Colombia">volcanic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seismology" title="Seismology">seismic</a> activity, with many <a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Colombia" title="List of earthquakes in Colombia">historical earthquakes</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Andes_plate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The North Andes plate is bound by (clockwise from north): </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_plate" title="Caribbean plate">Caribbean plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_plate" title="South American plate">South American plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malpelo_plate" title="Malpelo plate">Malpelo plate</a> – considered a part of the <a href="/wiki/Nazca_plate" title="Nazca plate">Nazca plate</a> before 2017<sup id="cite_ref-Zhang_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zhang-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coiba_plate" title="Coiba plate">Coiba plate</a> – considered a part of the Nazca plate before 2016<sup id="cite_ref-Coiba_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coiba-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_plate" title="Panama plate">Panama plate</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terranes">Terranes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Andes_plate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Terranes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg/300px-Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg/450px-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/600px-Coiba_%26_Malpelo_Plates_and_major_seismic_faults_of_Colombia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="759" /></a><figcaption>• <b><a href="/wiki/Chibcha_Terrane" title="Chibcha Terrane">Chibcha Terrane</a></b> is enclosed by the <a href="/wiki/Bucaramanga-Santa_Marta_Fault" class="mw-redirect" title="Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault">Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault</a> (BSF, orange), northernmost <a href="/wiki/Oca-Anc%C3%B3n_Fault_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Oca-Ancón Fault System">Oca Fault</a> (Oca, white), <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Frontal_Fault_System" title="Eastern Frontal Fault System">Eastern Frontal Fault System</a> (EFFS, yellow) and <a href="/wiki/Romeral_Fault_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Romeral Fault System">Romeral Fault System</a> (RFS, violet)<br />• <b><a href="/wiki/Taham%C3%AD_Terrane" title="Tahamí Terrane">Tahamí Terrane</a></b> is enclosed by BSF, OCA and RFS<br />• Anacona, Arqúia and Quebradagrande Terranes are emplaced by RFS<br />• <b><a href="/wiki/La_Guajira_Terrane" title="La Guajira Terrane">La Guajira Terrane</a></b> is enclosed by BSF and northernmost by Oca<br />• <b><a href="/wiki/Caribe_Terrane" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribe Terrane">Caribe Terrane</a></b> is enclosed by BSF, RFS and plate boundaries with <a href="/wiki/Coiba_plate" title="Coiba plate">Coiba</a> (red) and <a href="/wiki/Malpelo_plate" title="Malpelo plate">Malpelo</a> plates (purple) <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Geological_Map_of_Colombia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Geological_Map_of_Colombia.jpg/220px-Geological_Map_of_Colombia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Geological_Map_of_Colombia.jpg/330px-Geological_Map_of_Colombia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Geological_Map_of_Colombia.jpg/440px-Geological_Map_of_Colombia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="1143" /></a><figcaption>Geological Terranes Map of Colombia</figcaption></figure></figcaption></figure> <p>The Colombian part of the North Andes plate is subdivided into several <a href="/wiki/Terrane" title="Terrane">terranes</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-GeoMap2015_p209_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GeoMap2015_p209-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="font-size: 80%"> <caption>Terranes belonging to the Colombian part of the North Andes plate </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Abbr</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Age range</th> <th>Paleomap</th> <th width="100px"><a href="/wiki/Category:Sedimentary_basins_of_Colombia" title="Category:Sedimentary basins of Colombia">Basins</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Igneous_rock" title="Igneous rock">Complexes</a></th> <th>Ranges</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Colombia" title="Departments of Colombia">Departments</a></th> <th>Comments</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="2">CHT</td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Chibcha_Terrane" title="Chibcha Terrane">Chibcha</a></b></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(253,180,98);"><a href="/wiki/Mesoproterozoic" title="Mesoproterozoic">Mesoproterozoic</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paleoglobe_NO_1260_mya.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Paleoglobe_NO_1260_mya.gif/150px-Paleoglobe_NO_1260_mya.gif" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Paleoglobe_NO_1260_mya.gif/225px-Paleoglobe_NO_1260_mya.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Paleoglobe_NO_1260_mya.gif/300px-Paleoglobe_NO_1260_mya.gif 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td> <td rowspan="2">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Catatumbo_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catatumbo Basin (page does not exist)">Catatumbo</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/Cesar-Rancher%C3%ADa_Basin" title="Cesar-Ranchería Basin">Cesar-Ranchería</a><br />• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cordillera_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastern Cordillera Basin (page does not exist)">Eastern Cordillera</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Altiplano_Cundiboyacense" title="Altiplano Cundiboyacense">Altiplano Cundiboyacense</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1_savanna" title="Bogotá savanna">Bogotá</a>)</span><br />• <a href="/wiki/Middle_Magdalena_Valley" title="Middle Magdalena Valley">VMM</a><br />• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Upper_Magdalena_Valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Upper Magdalena Valley (page does not exist)">VSM</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ariar%C3%AD_Metagabbro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ariarí Metagabbro (page does not exist)">Ariarí</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Garz%C3%B3n_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Garzón Complex (page does not exist)">Garzón</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Floresta_Massif&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Floresta Massif (page does not exist)">Floresta</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Quetame_Massif&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quetame Massif (page does not exist)">Quetame</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Santander_Massif&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santander Massif (page does not exist)">Santander</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Central_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Central (Colombia)">Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Oriental_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)">Eastern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serran%C3%ADa_del_Perij%C3%A1" title="Serranía del Perijá">Perijá</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_de_Santa_Marta" title="Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta">SNSM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serran%C3%ADa_de_San_Lucas" title="Serranía de San Lucas">San Lucas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serran%C3%ADa_de_la_Macarena" title="Serranía de la Macarena">La Macarena</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Antioquia_Department" title="Antioquia Department">Antioquia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arauca_Department" title="Arauca Department">Arauca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1" title="Bogotá">Bogotá</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bol%C3%ADvar_Department" title="Bolívar Department">Bolívar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boyac%C3%A1_Department" title="Boyacá Department">Boyacá</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caquet%C3%A1_Department" title="Caquetá Department">Caquetá</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casanare_Department" title="Casanare Department">Casanare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cesar_Department" title="Cesar Department">Cesar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cundinamarca_Department" title="Cundinamarca Department">Cundinamarca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huila_Department" title="Huila Department">Huila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Department" title="Magdalena Department">Magdalena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meta_Department" title="Meta Department">Meta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Putumayo_Department" title="Putumayo Department">Putumayo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norte_de_Santander" class="mw-redirect" title="Norte de Santander">Norte de Santander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santander_Department" title="Santander Department">Santander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tolima_Department" title="Tolima Department">Tolima</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Largest terrane, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Muisca_toponyms" title="List of Muisca toponyms">named after Chibcha</a></td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-Manosalva2017_p84_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manosalva2017_p84-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Figueroa2015_p42_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Figueroa2015_p42-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Toro2014_p22_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toro2014_p22-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(254,179,66);"><a href="/wiki/Neoproterozoic" title="Neoproterozoic">Neoproterozoic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">TA</td> <td rowspan="2"><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></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(203,140,55);"><a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">Devonian</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:380_Ma_plate_tectonic_reconstruction.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/380_Ma_plate_tectonic_reconstruction.png/150px-380_Ma_plate_tectonic_reconstruction.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/380_Ma_plate_tectonic_reconstruction.png/225px-380_Ma_plate_tectonic_reconstruction.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/380_Ma_plate_tectonic_reconstruction.png/300px-380_Ma_plate_tectonic_reconstruction.png 2x" data-file-width="557" data-file-height="608" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td> <td rowspan="2"><i>none</i></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anacona_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anacona Complex (page does not exist)">Anacona</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Central_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Central (Colombia)">Central</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Antioquia_Department" title="Antioquia Department">Antioquia</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Tiny terrane</td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(103,165,153);"><a href="/wiki/Carboniferous" title="Carboniferous">Carboniferous</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">TT</td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Taham%C3%AD_Terrane" title="Tahamí Terrane">Tahamí</a></b></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(251,141,118);"><a href="/wiki/Permian" title="Permian">Permian</a></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amag%C3%A1_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amagá Basin (page does not exist)">Amagá</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/Cocinetas_Basin" title="Cocinetas Basin">Cocinetas</a><br />• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lower_Magdalena_Valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lower Magdalena Valley (page does not exist)">VIM</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Antioquia_Batholith" title="Antioquia Batholith">Antioquia</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Central_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Central (Colombia)">Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serran%C3%ADa_de_Macuira" title="Serranía de Macuira">Macuira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_de_Santa_Marta" title="Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta">SNSM</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Antioquia_Department" title="Antioquia Department">Antioquia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bol%C3%ADvar_Department" title="Bolívar Department">Bolívar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caldas_Department" title="Caldas Department">Caldas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cauca_Department" title="Cauca Department">Cauca</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Guajira_Department" title="La Guajira Department">La Guajira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Department" title="Magdalena Department">Magdalena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nari%C3%B1o_Department" title="Nariño Department">Nariño</a>, <a href="/wiki/Risaralda_Department" title="Risaralda Department">Risaralda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sucre_Department" title="Sucre Department">Sucre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca_Department" title="Valle del Cauca Department">Valle del Cauca</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Most extensive terrane</td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(214,170,211);"><a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">TAR</td> <td><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></td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: rgb(166,217,117);"><a href="/wiki/Early_Cretaceous" title="Early Cretaceous">Early Cretaceous</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blakey_120Ma_-_COL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Blakey_120Ma_-_COL.jpg/150px-Blakey_120Ma_-_COL.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Blakey_120Ma_-_COL.jpg/225px-Blakey_120Ma_-_COL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Blakey_120Ma_-_COL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="253" data-file-height="191" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td> <td><i>none</i></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arqu%C3%ADa_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arquía Complex (page does not exist)">Arquía</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Central_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Central (Colombia)">Central</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antioquia_Department" title="Antioquia Department">Antioquia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caldas_Department" title="Caldas Department">Caldas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cauca_Department" title="Cauca Department">Cauca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nari%C3%B1o_Department" title="Nariño Department">Nariño</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quind%C3%ADo_Department" title="Quindío Department">Quindío</a>, <a href="/wiki/Risaralda_Department" title="Risaralda Department">Risaralda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca_Department" title="Valle del Cauca Department">Valle del Cauca</a></td> <td>Thinly banded terrane</td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Plancha364_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plancha364-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Plancha365_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plancha365-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Plancha387_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plancha387-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">TQ</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quebradagrande_Terrane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quebradagrande Terrane (page does not exist)">Quebradagrande</a></td> <td><i>none</i></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quebradagrande_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quebradagrande Complex (page does not exist)">Quebradagrande</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Central_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Central (Colombia)">Central</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antioquia_Department" title="Antioquia Department">Antioquia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caldas_Department" title="Caldas Department">Caldas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cauca_Department" title="Cauca Department">Cauca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nari%C3%B1o_Department" title="Nariño Department">Nariño</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quind%C3%ADo_Department" title="Quindío Department">Quindío</a>, <a href="/wiki/Risaralda_Department" title="Risaralda Department">Risaralda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca_Department" title="Valle del Cauca Department">Valle del Cauca</a></td> <td>Thinly banded terrane</td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Plancha364_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plancha364-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Plancha387_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plancha387-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Plancha410_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plancha410-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Plancha411_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plancha411-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Plancha429_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plancha429-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Plancha430_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plancha430-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">TC</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Caribe_Terrane" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribe Terrane">Caribe</a></b></td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: rgb(204,233,104);"><a href="/wiki/Late_Cretaceous" title="Late Cretaceous">Late Cretaceous</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blakey_065Ma_-_COL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Blakey_065Ma_-_COL.jpg/150px-Blakey_065Ma_-_COL.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Blakey_065Ma_-_COL.jpg/225px-Blakey_065Ma_-_COL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Blakey_065Ma_-_COL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="253" data-file-height="189" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td> <td>• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cauca-Pat%C3%ADa_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cauca-Patía Basin (page does not exist)">Cauca-Patía</a><br />• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Choc%C3%B3_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chocó Basin (page does not exist)">Chocó</a><br />• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sin%C3%BA-San_Jacinto_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sinú-San Jacinto Basin (page does not exist)">Sinú-San Jacinto</a><br />• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tumaco_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tumaco Basin (page does not exist)">Tumaco</a><br />• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Urab%C3%A1_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Urabá Basin (page does not exist)">Urabá</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Cecilia-La_Equis_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santa Cecilia-La Equis Complex (page does not exist)">Santa Cecilia-La Equis</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Central_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Central (Colombia)">Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Occidental_(Colombia)" title="Cordillera Occidental (Colombia)">Western</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serran%C3%ADa_del_Dari%C3%A9n" title="Serranía del Darién">Darién</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serran%C3%ADa_del_Baud%C3%B3" title="Serranía del Baudó">Baudó</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montes_de_Mar%C3%ADa" title="Montes de María">Montes de María</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antioquia_Department" title="Antioquia Department">Antioquia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A1ntico_Department" title="Atlántico Department">Atlántico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caldas_Department" title="Caldas Department">Caldas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cauca_Department" title="Cauca Department">Cauca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_Department" title="Chocó Department">Chocó</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba_Department" title="Córdoba Department">Córdoba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nari%C3%B1o_Department" title="Nariño Department">Nariño</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quind%C3%ADo_Department" title="Quindío Department">Quindío</a>, <a href="/wiki/Risaralda_Department" title="Risaralda Department">Risaralda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sucre_Department" title="Sucre Department">Sucre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valle_del_Cauca_Department" title="Valle del Cauca Department">Valle del Cauca</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/El_Totumo" title="El Totumo">El Totumo</a></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">TLG</td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Guajira_Terrane" title="La Guajira Terrane">La Guajira</a></td> <td>• <a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Guajira_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Guajira Basin (page does not exist)">La Guajira</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Etpana_Metamorphic_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Etpana Metamorphic Complex (page does not exist)">Etpana</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Macuira_Gneiss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Macuira Gneiss (page does not exist)">Macuira</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Serran%C3%ADa_de_Macuira" title="Serranía de Macuira">Macuira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_de_Santa_Marta" title="Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta">SNSM</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Guajira_Department" title="La Guajira Department">La Guajira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Department" title="Magdalena Department">Magdalena</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tayrona_National_Natural_Park" title="Tayrona National Natural Park">Tayrona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cabo_de_la_Vela" title="Cabo de la Vela">Cabo de la Vela</a></td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tectonics">Tectonics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Andes_plate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tectonics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Subduction" title="Subduction">Subduction</a> of the Coiba plate underneath the North Andes plate causes frequent earthquakes in the <a href="/wiki/Bucaramanga_Nest" title="Bucaramanga Nest">Bucaramanga Nest</a>, the most seismically active area in the world. The <a href="/wiki/Bucaramanga-Santa_Marta_Fault" class="mw-redirect" title="Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault">Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault</a> stretches along the plate for more than 600 kilometers from north to south. The plate boundary with the South American plate is most tectonically active along a more than 900 kilometer long megaregional <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fault_system&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fault system (page does not exist)">fault system</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Frontal_Fault_System" title="Eastern Frontal Fault System">Eastern Frontal Fault System</a>. </p><p>This fault system, extending into Ecuador and Venezuela all along the northern Andes, separates the terranes from the North Andes plate from:<sup id="cite_ref-GeoMap2015_p209_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GeoMap2015_p209-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 80%"> <caption>South American plate features bordering the <a href="/wiki/Chibcha_Terrane" title="Chibcha Terrane">Chibcha Terrane</a> of the North Andes plate </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Abbr</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Age range</th> <th width="100px"><a href="/wiki/Category:Sedimentary_basins_of_Colombia" title="Category:Sedimentary basins of Colombia">Basins</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Igneous_rock" title="Igneous rock">Complexes</a></th> <th>Ranges</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Colombia" title="Departments of Colombia">Departments</a></th> <th>Comments</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="2">PRNJ</td> <td><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 Province</a></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(247,67,112);"><a href="/wiki/Paleoproterozoic" title="Paleoproterozoic">Paleoproterozoic</a></td> <td>• <a href="/wiki/Llanos_Basin" title="Llanos Basin">Llanos</a><br />• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cagu%C3%A1n-Putumayo_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Caguán-Putumayo Basin (page does not exist)">Putumayo</a><br />• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaup%C3%A9s-Amazonas_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vaupés-Amazonas Basin (page does not exist)">Amazonas</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mit%C3%BA_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mitú Complex (page does not exist)">Mitú</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Parguaza_Complex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parguaza Complex (page does not exist)">Parguaza</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Jos%C3%A9_del_Guaviare_Nepheline-Syenite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="San José del Guaviare Nepheline-Syenite (page does not exist)">Guaviare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Serran%C3%ADa_de_Chiribiquete" title="Serranía de Chiribiquete">Chiribiquete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cerros_de_Mavecure" title="Cerros de Mavecure">Mavecure</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arauca_Department" title="Arauca Department">Arauca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caquet%C3%A1_Department" title="Caquetá Department">Caquetá</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casanare_Department" title="Casanare Department">Casanare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guain%C3%ADa_Department" title="Guainía Department">Guainía</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guaviare_Department" title="Guaviare Department">Guaviare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meta_Department" title="Meta Department">Meta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Putumayo_Department" title="Putumayo Department">Putumayo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaup%C3%A9s_Department" title="Vaupés Department">Vaupés</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vichada_Department" title="Vichada Department">Vichada</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Part of <a href="/wiki/Amazonian_Craton" title="Amazonian Craton">Amazonian Craton</a></td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-Bonilla2016_p19_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bonilla2016_p19-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Arango2012_p25_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arango2012_p25-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Zhang-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Zhang_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Zhang et al., 2017</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Coiba-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Coiba_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chiarabba et al., 2016, p.22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GeoMap2015_p209-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GeoMap2015_p209_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GeoMap2015_p209_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gómez Tapias et al., 2015, p.209</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Manosalva2017_p84-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Manosalva2017_p84_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Manosalva Sánchez et al., 2017, p.84</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Figueroa2015_p42-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Figueroa2015_p42_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.42</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Toro2014_p22-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Toro2014_p22_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Toro Toro et al., 2014, p.22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Plancha364-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Plancha364_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Plancha364_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Plancha 364</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Plancha365-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Plancha365_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Plancha 365</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Plancha387-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Plancha387_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Plancha387_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Plancha 387</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Plancha410-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Plancha410_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Plancha 410</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Plancha411-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Plancha411_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Plancha 411</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Plancha429-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Plancha429_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Plancha 429</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Plancha430-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Plancha430_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Plancha 430</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bonilla2016_p19-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bonilla2016_p19_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bonilla et al., 2016, p.19</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Arango2012_p25-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurcia_L.Cepeda_V1991" class="citation cs2">Murcia L., Armando; Cepeda V, Hector (1991), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="ftp://ftp.ani.gov.co/Tercera%20Ola/Pasto%20Mojarras/1.1/1.1.7a/Anexos/04_DD/Anx/01_Corr/02_Rec/SGC/PastoChacha-2015-261-002145-2/1-410_La_Union/Mapa_Bogota/Pdf/Ant/Geologia_PL_410.pdf"><i>Plancha 410 – La Unión – 1:100,000</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <a href="/wiki/INGEOMINAS" class="mw-redirect" title="INGEOMINAS">INGEOMINAS</a>, p. 1<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-06-01</span></span></cite><span 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href="ftp://ftp.ani.gov.co/Tercera%20Ola/Pasto%20Mojarras/1.1/1.1.7a/Anexos/04_DD/Anx/01_Corr/02_Rec/SGC/PastoChacha-2015-261-002145-2/1-429_Pasto_A/Mapa_Bogota/Pdf/Ant/Geologia_PL_429.pdf"><i>Plancha 429 – Pasto – 1:100,000</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, <a href="/wiki/INGEOMINAS" class="mw-redirect" title="INGEOMINAS">INGEOMINAS</a>, p. 1<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-06-01</span></span></cite><span 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p. 1<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-06-06</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Plancha+430+%E2%80%93+Mocoa+%E2%80%93+1%3A100%2C000&rft.pages=1&rft.pub=INGEOMINAS&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez&rft.aufirst=Alberto&rft.au=G%C3%B3mez%2C+Jorge&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fopen%3Fid%3D0BwFQPMJEi17QSzVkay1pQzB4Rlk&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANorth+Andes+plate" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Andes_plate&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBird2003" class="citation journal cs1">Bird, Peter (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://peterbird.name/publications/2003_PB2002/2003_PB2002.htm">"An updated digital model of plate boundaries"</a>. <i>Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems</i>. <b>4</b> (3): 1027. <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/2003GGG.....4.1027B">2003GGG.....4.1027B</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%2F2001GC000252">10.1029/2001GC000252</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1525-2027">1525-2027</a>.</cite><span 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href="/wiki/Indo-Australian_plate" title="Indo-Australian plate">Indo-Australian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_plate" title="Australian plate">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_plate" title="Indian plate">Indian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_plate" title="North American plate">North American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_plate" title="Pacific plate">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_plate" title="South American plate">South American</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px;padding:1.0em;"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tectonic_plates_boundaries_World_map_Wt_180degE_centered-en.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="World map indicating tectonic plate boundaries"><img alt="World map indicating tectonic plate boundaries" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amurian_microplate" title="Amurian microplate">Amurian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabian_plate" title="Arabian plate">Arabian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burma_plate" title="Burma plate">Burma</a></li> <li><a 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 href="/wiki/Malpelo_plate" title="Malpelo plate">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Farallon_plate" title="Farallon plate">Farallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insular_plate" title="Insular plate">Insular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intermontane_plate" title="Intermontane plate">Intermontane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izanagi_plate" title="Izanagi plate">Izanagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kula_plate" title="Kula plate">Kula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lhasa_terrane" title="Lhasa terrane">Lhasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agulhas_Basin" title="Agulhas Basin">Malvinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moa_plate" title="Moa plate">Moa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_plate" title="Phoenix plate">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshiroda_plate" title="Kshiroda plate">Kshiroda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mid-ocean_ridge#List_of_mid-ocean_ridges" title="Mid-ocean ridge">Oceanic ridges</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/Aden_Ridge" title="Aden Ridge">Aden Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlsberg_Ridge" title="Carlsberg Ridge">Carlsberg Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Indian_Ridge" title="Central Indian Ridge">Central Indian Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chile_Ridge" title="Chile Ridge">Chile Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocos_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Cocos Ridge">Cocos Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Pacific_Rise" title="East Pacific Rise">East Pacific Rise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_Ridge" title="Explorer Ridge">Explorer Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gakkel_Ridge" title="Gakkel Ridge">Gakkel Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands#Geology" title="Galápagos Islands">Galápagos Spreading Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorda_Ridge" title="Gorda Ridge">Gorda Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Fuca_Ridge" title="Juan de Fuca Ridge">Juan de Fuca Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Ridge" title="Mid-Atlantic Ridge">Mid-Atlantic Ridge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Knipovich" title="Nikolai Knipovich">Knipovich Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolbeinsey_Ridge" title="Kolbeinsey Ridge">Kolbeinsey Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland_Plain" title="Greenland Plain">Mohns Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Ridge#Iceland" title="Mid-Atlantic Ridge">Reykjanes Ridge</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific%E2%80%93Antarctic_Ridge" title="Pacific–Antarctic Ridge">Pacific–Antarctic Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American%E2%80%93Antarctic_Ridge" title="South American–Antarctic Ridge">South American–Antarctic Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Indian_Ridge" title="Southeast Indian Ridge">Southeast Indian Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Indian_Ridge" title="Southwest Indian Ridge">Southwest Indian Ridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WikiProject_Geology.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/WikiProject_Geology.svg/16px-WikiProject_Geology.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/WikiProject_Geology.svg/24px-WikiProject_Geology.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/WikiProject_Geology.svg/32px-WikiProject_Geology.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="327" data-file-height="328" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Geology" title="Portal:Geology">Geology 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href="/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates" title="List of tectonic plates">Tectonic plates</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="/wiki/Caribbean_plate" title="Caribbean plate">Caribbean plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coiba_plate" title="Coiba plate">Coiba plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malpelo_plate" title="Malpelo plate">Malpelo plate</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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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 class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Terranes">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 class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Terranes">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. 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