Plantain Garden fault
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The Plantain Garden fault is a major strike-slip fault in eastern Jamaica that forms part of the active Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone responsible for significant seismic activity in the northern Caribbean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plantain Garden fault canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active fault
ⓘ
geologic fault ⓘ strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| activityStatus | active ⓘ |
| associatedProcess | lateral plate motion accommodation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Caribbean Plate
ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ |
| causes | earthquakes in Jamaica ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Enriquillo fault system in Hispaniola
|
| country | Jamaica ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | southeastern Jamaica ⓘ |
| faultZone | Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ |
| geologicalProvince |
Caribbean
ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean region
|
| hazardType | seismic hazard ⓘ |
| includedIn | Caribbean plate boundary faults ⓘ |
| knownFor | significant seismic activity in the northern Caribbean ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Jamaica ⓘ |
| movementType | strike-slip ⓘ |
| orientation | generally east–west trending ⓘ |
| partOf |
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
ⓘ
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ
surface form:
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden–Walton fault system
Caribbean Plate boundary zone ⓘ
surface form:
northern Caribbean plate boundary zone
|
| region | northern Caribbean ⓘ |
| relativeMotion | left-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| researchField |
geology
ⓘ
seismology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| seismicHazardFor |
Kingston Metropolitan Area
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingston metropolitan area
eastern Jamaica ⓘ |
| tectonicRole | accommodates strike-slip motion between Caribbean and North American plates ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | northern Caribbean plate boundary ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.