Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone

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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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Generate an image of the Enriquillo–Plantain Garden 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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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 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 Enriquillo fault ⓘ
Plantain Garden fault ⓘ
separates Caribbean Plate ⓘ
Gonâve Microplate ⓘ
tectonicRole accommodates left-lateral strike-slip motion in northern Caribbean ⓘ
tectonicSetting northern Caribbean ⓘ

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Caribbean Plate → hasSeismicZone → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ
Léogâne → geologicalSetting → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone vicinity ⓘ
linked to: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone → isParallelTo → Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ
linked to: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
2010 Haiti earthquake → tectonicSetting → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ
Gressier → locatedOnTectonicFeature → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone region ⓘ
linked to: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
Caribbean Plate boundary zone → includesFeature → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ
Plantain Garden fault → partOf → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone ⓘ
Plantain Garden fault → connectsTo → Enriquillo fault system in Hispaniola ⓘ
linked to: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
Plantain Garden fault → partOf → Enriquillo–Plantain Garden–Walton fault system ⓘ
linked to: Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone
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 ⓘ