El Pilar Fault System

For other uses, see El Pilar (disambiguation).

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.^[1]

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

Turkey's East Anatolian Fault presents the same configuration of elements of subduction and thrusting.^[2]