Oaxaca Fault

Oaxaca Fault (Spanish: Falla de Oaxaca) is a seismic fault that runs near Oaxaca city, Oaxaca, Mexico. It runs north on the east side of the city from Etla Valley. Donaji Fault is a nearby fault that runs roughly perpendicular to Oaxaca Fault at its southern end.^[1]

References

↑ http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/pdf/568/56840401.pdf

External links

Geofisica International University Autonoma de Mexico

Tectonic plates of Central America (Pacific Plate–North American Plate–Caribbean Plate Convergence Zone)

Large	Cocos Plate Nazca Plate

Small	Rivera Plate

Faults and 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

Trenches and troughs	Alarcon Basin Carmen Basin Consag Basin Delfin Basin Guaymas Basin Middle America Trench(Acapulco/Guatemala) San Pedro Martir Basin Tehuantepec Ridge Wagner Basin

Other	Rivera Triple Junction List of faults in Costa Rica List of seismic faults in Mexico

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