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  2. Motagua Fault - Wikipedia

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    The measured length of the fault is approximately 350 km and is the longest fault in Guatemala. Motion of the fault and others in the plate boundary have formed north–south trending grabens across the region that show evidence of counter-clockwise rotation over time. Guatemala City lies in one of these grabens, which may contribute to the ...

  3. List of tectonic plate interactions - Wikipedia

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    The Motagua Fault, which crosses through Guatemala, is a transform boundary between the southern edge of the North American plate and the northern edge of the Caribbean plate. New Zealand's Alpine Fault is another active transform boundary. The Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault which runs through the Jordan River Valley in the Middle East.

  4. List of earthquakes in Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Plate tectonics in the Americas Motagua Fault (green line) and the Middle America Trench (pink line). Earthquakes are relatively frequent occurrences in Guatemala. [1] The country lies in a major fault zone known as the Motagua and Chixoy-Polochic fault complex, which cuts across Guatemala and forms the tectonic boundary between the Caribbean plate and the North American plate.

  5. Geography of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    A map of Guatemala. Guatemala is mountainous, except for the south coastal area and the vast northern lowlands of Petén department. The country is located in Central America and bounded to the north and west by Mexico, to the east by Belize and by the Gulf of Honduras, to the east by Honduras, to the southeast by El Salvador, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean.

  6. Fault trace - Wikipedia

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    Along the Motagua Fault trace (1976 Guatemala earthquake) where it crosses the Gualán soccer field. This zigzag type of fault trace is known as "mole track", which is best developed in hard-packed, brittle surface materials. The San Andreas fault trace runs along the base of the Temblor Range of mountains near Bakersfield, California. (The ...

  7. Dangerous L.A. fault system rivaling the San Andreas tied to ...

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    A simulation of a plausible major southern San Andreas fault earthquake — a magnitude 7.8 that begins near the Mexican border along the fault plane and unzips all the way to L.A. County's ...

  8. Satellite images reveal fault line through city near ... - AOL

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    New satellite images show a significant fault line stretching through a city near the epicentre of Turkey’s deadly earthquake.. A vast fault line rupture in Nurdagi is seen cutting across a ...

  9. Relief map of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    The Relief Map also has an exhibition hall that has a photographic exhibition called "Guatemala Siglo XVIII" (Guatemala in the 18th century).In the tour the images presented, combined with explanatory texts, place the visitor in the movements that were decisive to decide the transfer of the city to the Valley of the Ermita in 1776.