Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone

E86347

geologic fault plate boundary fault strike-slip fault zone

The Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault system in the northern Caribbean responsible for significant earthquakes in Haiti, Jamaica, and the surrounding region.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone canonical	8
Enriquillo fault system in Hispaniola	1
Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone	1
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone region	1
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone vicinity	1
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden–Walton fault system	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geologic fault ⓘ plate boundary fault ⓘ strike-slip fault zone ⓘ
activityStatus	active fault ⓘ
associatedWith	2010 Haiti earthquake ⓘ earthquakes in Haiti ⓘ earthquakes in Jamaica ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Dominican Republic ⓘ Haiti ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ
deformationStyle	strike-slip ⓘ
extendsThrough	eastern Jamaica ⓘ southern Dominican Republic ⓘ southern Haiti ⓘ
faultType	left-lateral strike-slip fault ⓘ
geologicalAge	Quaternary-active ⓘ
geologicalProcess	plate boundary deformation ⓘ
hazardType	seismic hazard ⓘ
locatedIn	Hispaniola ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ
motionType	left-lateral ⓘ
namedAfter	Enriquillo Valley ⓘ Plantain Garden River ⓘ surface form: Plantain Garden River valley
naturalHazard	earthquakes ⓘ
oceanRegion	Caribbean Sea ⓘ
orientation	generally east–west ⓘ
partOf	Caribbean Plate boundary zone ⓘ northern Caribbean plate boundary fault system ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
relativePlateMotion	between Caribbean Plate and North American Plate ⓘ
riskArea	Dominican Republic ⓘ Haiti ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ
segment	Septentrional-Oriente fault zone ⓘ surface form: Enriquillo fault Plantain Garden fault ⓘ
separates	Caribbean Plate ⓘ Gonâve Microplate ⓘ
tectonicRole	accommodates left-lateral strike-slip motion in northern Caribbean ⓘ
tectonicSetting	northern Caribbean ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caribbean Plate → hasSeismicZone → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

Léogâne → geologicalSetting → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone vicinity

Septentrional-Oriente fault zone → isParallelTo → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone

2010 Haiti earthquake → tectonicSetting → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

Gressier → locatedOnTectonicFeature → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone region

Caribbean Plate boundary zone → includesFeature → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

Plantain Garden fault → partOf → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

Plantain Garden fault → connectsTo → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enriquillo fault system in Hispaniola

Plantain Garden fault → partOf → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden–Walton fault system

Plantain Garden fault → faultZone → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

Gonâve Microplate → containsStructure → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

Gonâve Microplate → associatedWith → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ

Enriquillo Valley → partOf → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ