Boconó Fault

{{Infobox fault

| name = Boconó Fault

| other_name = Falla Boconó

| namedfor = Boconó, Trujillo

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| pushpin_map = Venezuela

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the fault in Venezuela

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| location = Northern South America

| country = {{COL}}
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| region = Andean

| state = Norte de Santander, Santander
Mérida, Táchira

| cities = Cúcuta

| coordinates = {{coord|9|15|N|70|16|W|display=inline,title}}

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| range = Mérida Andes, Eastern Ranges

| part_of = Boconó-San Sebastián-El Pilar Fault System

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| length = {{convert|500|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| strike = NE-SW

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| displacement = {{convert|4.3|-|6.1|mm|in|abbr=on}}/yr

| plate = South American

| status = Active

| earthquakes = 1610, 1894

| type = Strike-slip fault

| movement = Dextral

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| age = Holocene

| orogeny = Andean

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The Boconó Fault is a complex of geological faults located in the Eastern Ranges of northeastern Colombia and the Mérida Andes of northwestern Venezuela. The fault has a NE-SW orientation; it is a strike-slip fault and has a dextral relative movement.Audemard et al., 2006 It extends over a length of {{convert|500|km|mi}}. The fault, with a slip rate ranging from {{convert|4.3|to|6.1|mm|in}} per year, has been active since the Early Holocene and earthquakes of 1610 and 1894 are associated with it.Audemard, 1997