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.

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Label Occurrences
Plantain Garden fault canonical 1

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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 fault system in Hispaniola ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
extendsFrom southeastern Jamaica ⓘ
faultZone Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ
geologicalProvince Caribbean region ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean
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–Walton fault system ⓘ
northern Caribbean plate boundary zone ⓘ
region northern Caribbean ⓘ
relativeMotion left-lateral strike-slip ⓘ
researchField geology ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
seismicHazardFor Kingston metropolitan area ⓘ
eastern Jamaica ⓘ
tectonicRole accommodates strike-slip motion between Caribbean and North American plates ⓘ
tectonicSetting northern Caribbean plate boundary ⓘ

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

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