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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:#FF0000;color:white;">Motagua Fault</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Motagua Fault Zone</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Guatemala1976EarthquakeMap.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="infobox-data">1717, 1773, 1902, 1976, 1980, 2009</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)#Fault_types" title="Fault (geology)">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data">transform fault</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Motagua Fault</b> (also, <b>Motagua Fault Zone</b>) is a major, <a href="/wiki/Active_fault" title="Active fault">active</a> left lateral-moving <a href="/wiki/Transform_fault" title="Transform fault">transform fault</a> which cuts across <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>. It forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Tectonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Tectonic">tectonic</a> boundary between the <a href="/wiki/North_American_plate" title="North American plate">North American plate</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_plate" title="Caribbean plate">Caribbean plate</a>. It is considered the onshore continuation of the <a href="/wiki/Swan_Islands_Transform_Fault" title="Swan Islands Transform Fault">Swan Islands Transform Fault</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Trough" title="Cayman Trough">Cayman trench</a>, which run under the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lyon-Caen_ea_2006_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lyon-Caen_ea_2006-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its western end appears not to continue further than its surface trace,<sup id="cite_ref-Guzman-Speziale_2010_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guzman-Speziale_2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it is covered by Cenozoic volcanics.<sup id="cite_ref-Lyon-Caen_ea_2006_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lyon-Caen_ea_2006-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The measured length of the fault is approximately 350 km and is the longest fault in Guatemala. Motion of the fault and others in the plate boundary have formed north–south trending <a href="/wiki/Graben" title="Graben">grabens</a> across the region that show evidence of counter-clockwise rotation over time. <a href="/wiki/Guatemala_City" title="Guatemala City">Guatemala City</a> lies in one of these grabens, which may contribute to the seismic hazard posed to the city's inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Motagua Fault is regarded by some geologists as part of a system of faults designated the "Motagua-Polochic system" rather than as a discrete single boundary. The <a href="/wiki/Chixoy-Polochic_Fault" title="Chixoy-Polochic Fault">Polochic fault</a> (also referred to as the Chixoy-Polochic Fault) lies north and parallel to the Motagua Fault and shares some of the motion between the North American and Caribbean plates.<sup id="cite_ref-Lyon-Caen_ea_2006_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lyon-Caen_ea_2006-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Studies of GPS displacement of the zone reveal that the motion of the North American / Caribbean plate Boundary is, for the most part, accommodated by the Motagua Fault.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Earthquakes">Earthquakes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motagua_Fault&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Earthquakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fault_trace_geq00014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Fault_trace_geq00014.jpg/300px-Fault_trace_geq00014.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Fault_trace_geq00014.jpg/450px-Fault_trace_geq00014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Fault_trace_geq00014.jpg/600px-Fault_trace_geq00014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption>Along the Motagua Fault trace (<a href="/wiki/1976_Guatemala_earthquake" title="1976 Guatemala earthquake">1976 Guatemala earthquake</a>) where it crosses the <a href="/wiki/Gual%C3%A1n" title="Gualán">Gualán</a> soccer field. This <a href="/wiki/Zigzag" title="Zigzag">zigzag</a> type of fault trace is known as "mole track", which is best developed in hard-packed, brittle surface materials.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Motagua Fault has been responsible for several major <a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Guatemala" title="List of earthquakes in Guatemala">earthquakes in Guatemala</a>'s history, including the 7.5 <a href="/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub>w</sub></a> <a href="/wiki/Guatemala_1976_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="Guatemala 1976 earthquake">Guatemala 1976 earthquake</a>, and is also notable for its significant visible <a href="/wiki/Fault_trace" title="Fault trace">fault trace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event caused 2 meters of vertical displacement and ruptured 230 km of the fault's length. The quake damaged a large amount of the country's infrastructure and resulted in the deaths of 23,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Information about historical earthquakes is determined by digging trenches along the fault zone and consulting historical records and documents.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Motagua_Fault&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Lyon-Caen_ea_2006-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lyon-Caen_ea_2006_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lyon-Caen_ea_2006_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lyon-Caen_ea_2006_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .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="CITEREFLyon-CaenBarrierLasserreFraco2006" class="citation journal cs1">Lyon-Caen, H.; Barrier, E.; Lasserre, C.; Fraco, A.; Arzu, I.; Chiquin, L.; Chiquin, M.; Duquesnoy, T.; Flores, O.; Galicia, O.; Luna, J.; Molina, E.; Porras, O.; Requena, J.; Robles, V.; Romero, J.; Wolf, R. 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Trench" title="Aleutian Trench">Aleutian Trench</a> (US–RU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basin_and_Range_Province" title="Basin and Range Province">Basin and Range Province</a> (US–MX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Arctic_Rift_System" title="Canadian Arctic Rift System">Canadian Arctic Rift System</a> (CA–GL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cascadia_subduction_zone" title="Cascadia subduction zone">Cascadia subduction zone</a> (US–CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarendon-Linden_fault_system" title="Clarendon-Linden fault system">Clarendon-Linden fault system</a> (US–CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denali_Fault" title="Denali Fault">Denali Fault</a> (US–CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cordilleran_Volcanic_Province" title="Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province">Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province</a> (CA–US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puget_Sound_faults" title="Puget Sound faults">Puget Sound faults</a> (US–CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_rift" title="Rio Grande rift">Rio Grande rift</a> (US–MX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault" title="San Andreas Fault">San Andreas Fault</a> (US–MX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Great_Lakes_Seismic_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Great Lakes Seismic Zone">Southern Great Lakes Seismic Zone</a> (US–CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tintina_Fault" title="Tintina Fault">Tintina Fault</a> (US–CA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Canada</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/Charlevoix_seismic_zone" title="Charlevoix seismic zone">Charlevoix seismic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurentian_Slope_seismic_zone" title="Laurentian Slope seismic zone">Laurentian Slope seismic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leech_River_Fault" title="Leech River Fault">Leech River Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Charlotte_Fault" title="Queen Charlotte Fault">Queen Charlotte Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saguenay_Graben" title="Saguenay Graben">Saguenay Graben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_rift_system" title="Saint Lawrence rift system">Saint Lawrence rift system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timiskaming_Graben" title="Timiskaming Graben">Timiskaming Graben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Quebec_seismic_zone" title="Western Quebec seismic zone">Western Quebec seismic zone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United States</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%">Washington and Oregon</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 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