Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
The Septentrional-Orient fault zone (SOFZ) is a system of
Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone and Walton fault zone which run along the southern side of Hispaniola and aong the southern margin of the Cayman Trough. Both fault zones terminate at the Mid-Cayman Rise to the west. Some researchers believe that the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone and the SOFZ bound a microplate, dubbed the Gonâve Microplate, a 190,000 km2 (73,000 sq mi) area of the northern Caribbean Plate that is in the process of shearing off the Caribbean Plate and accreting to the North America Plate.[1]
In
earthquake on this fault between the southern tip of Cuba and the Cayman Islands that involved episodes of supershear rupture.[3][4]
See also
- List of earthquakes in Cuba
- List of earthquakes in Haiti
- List of earthquakes in the Dominican Republic
References
- ISBN 0-8137-2326-4.
- ^ Prepetit, Claude (9 October 2008). "Tremblements de terre en Haïti, mythe ou réalité?" (PDF). Le Matin (in French). 33082. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2010., quoting Moreau de Saint-Méry, Médéric Louis Élie, Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'Ile Saint Domingue and J. M. Jan, bishop of Cap-Haïtien (1972), Documentation religieuse, Éditions Henri Deschamps.
- ^ ANSS. "Cayman Trough 2020: M 7.7 - 125km NNW of Lucea, Jamaica". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- S2CID 230613656.
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