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Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault system
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Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault system

fault system, Caribbean
Also known as: EPG fault system
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  • Haiti earthquake of 2010
    2010 Haiti earthquake
    / The earthquake

    …tectonic plate eastward along the Enriquillo–Plantain Garden (EPG) strike-slip fault system. However, when no surface deformation was observed, the rupturing of the main strand of the fault system was ruled out as a cause. The EPG fault system makes up a transform boundary that separates the Gonâve microplate—the fragment of…

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    …tectonic plate eastward along the Enriquillo–Plantain Garden (EPG) strike-slip fault system. However, when no surface deformation was observed, the rupturing of the main strand of the fault system was ruled out as a cause. The EPG fault system makes up a transform boundary that separates the Gonâve microplate—the fragment of…

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