El Pilar Fault System

For other uses, see El Pilar (disambiguation).

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ShakeMap of the 2010 Venezuela earthquake that occurred along El Pilar Fault System.

The El Pilar Fault System (Spanish: Falla El Pilar) is a complex of geological faults located in state of Sucre in northern Venezuela. The fault system is of right-lateral strike-slip type and has an east–west orientation. Motion along the fault is largely transferred to the Warm Springs Fault in Trinidad Island.

Turkey's East Anatolian Fault presents the same configuration of elements of subduction and thrusting.