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El Pilar Fault System

El Pilar Fault System

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The El Pilar Fault System (Spanish: Falla El Pilar) is a complex of geological faults located in state of Sucre in northern Venezuela. The fault system is of right-lateral strike-slip type and has an east–west orientation. Motion along the fault is largely transferred to the Warm Springs Fault in Trinidad Island.[1]

ShakeMap of the 2010 Venezuela earthquake that occurred along El Pilar Fault System.

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    Audemard M., Franck A.; Singer P., André; Soulas, Jean-Pierre (2006). "Quaternary faults and stress regime of Venezuela" (PDF). Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina. 61 (4). Asociación Geológica Argentina: 480–491. Retrieved 24 November 2015.


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