Carmen Fault
Fault on the Gulf of California seafloor
The Carmen Fault is a right lateral-moving transform fault located on the seafloor of the southern Gulf of California. It links the Guaymas Basin to the north with the Carmen Basin to the south. All these features are part of the Gulf of California Rift Zone, the northern extension of the East Pacific Rise.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred along the Carmen Fault on January 19, 2017.[1]
References
- ^ USGS Report
- A history of continental rifting at the mouth of the Gulf of California, Ness and Lyle (1981)
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Tectonic plates of Central America (Pacific Plate–North American Plate–Caribbean Plate Convergence Zone)
- Cocos Plate
- Nazca Plate
- Rivera Plate
rift zones
- Atl Fault
- Atoyac Fault
- Ballenas Fault
- Carmen Fault
- Cerro Prieto Fault
- Chapala Tula Fault Zone
- Donaji Fault
- Guaymas Fault
- Gulf of California Rift Zone
- Farallon Fault
- Imperial Fault Zone
- Oaxaca Fault
- Pedro Miguel Fault
- Pescadero Fault
- Rivera Transform Fault
- Polochic Fault - Motagua Fault
- San Lorenzo Fault
- Tamayo Fault
troughs
- Alarcon Basin
- Carmen Basin
- Consag Basin
- Delfin Basin
- Guaymas Basin
- Middle America Trench (Acapulco/Guatemala)
- San Pedro Mártir Basin
- Tehuantepec Ridge
- Wagner Basin
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