Septentrional-Oriente fault zone

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plate boundary strike-slip fault tectonic fault zone transform fault

The Septentrional-Oriente fault zone is a major strike-slip fault system in the northern Caribbean region that accommodates tectonic motion between the North American and Caribbean plates and is a significant source of regional earthquakes.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plate boundary → strike-slip fault → tectonic fault zone → transform fault →
accommodatesMotionBetween	Caribbean Plate → North American Plate →
alsoKnownAs	Septentrional fault zone → Septentrional-Oriente fault system →
associatedProcess	earthquake generation →
associatedWith	Caribbean Plate boundary zone →
continent	North America →
country	Cuba → Dominican Republic → Haiti → Jamaica → Puerto Rico →
displacementType	horizontal →
extendsFrom	Hispaniola →
extendsTo	Cuba →
geologicalAge	Cenozoic →
hazardTo	Jamaica region → northern Hispaniola → southern Cuba →
isMajorSourceOf	regional earthquakes in the northern Caribbean →
isParallelTo	Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone →
isPartOf	northern Caribbean plate boundary fault system →
locatedIn	northern Caribbean region →
motionType	right-lateral strike-slip →
ocean	Atlantic Ocean → Caribbean Sea →
orientation	east-west →
partOf	boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate →
plateBoundaryType	transform →
region	Greater Antilles →
relativePlateMotion	right-lateral →
riskType	tectonic earthquake risk →
segmentIncludes	Oriente fault (Cuba) → Septentrional fault (Hispaniola) →
seismicHazard	high →
tectonicRole	accommodates lateral motion between North American and Caribbean plates →
tectonicSetting	plate boundary zone between North American and Caribbean plates →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone ("Septentrional fault zone") → Septentrional-Oriente fault zone ("Septentrional-Oriente fault system") →	alsoKnownAs
North American plate boundary system → North American plate boundary system ("Motagua–Polochic fault system") →	hasPart
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone ("Septentrional fault (Hispaniola)") → Septentrional-Oriente fault zone ("Oriente fault (Cuba)") →	segmentIncludes
Caribbean Plate →	hasSeismicZone
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ("Enriquillo fault") →	segment