Hope Fault
The Hope Fault is an active dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault in the northeastern part of South Island, New Zealand. It forms part of the Marlborough Fault System, which accommodates the transfer of displacement along the oblique convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and Pacific Plate, from the transform Alpine Fault to the Hikurangi Trench subduction zone.
| Hope Fault | |
|---|---|
Map of the Marlborough Fault System | |
Location of the fault in New Zealand | |
| Etymology | Hope |
| Coordinates | 42°45′S 173°04′E |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | South Island |
| State | Canterbury |
| Cities | Kaikōura |
| Characteristics | |
| Range | Southern Alps |
| Part of | Marlborough Fault System |
| Segments | Kelly, Hurunui, Hope River, Conway & Seaward segments |
| Length | 243 km (151 mi) |
| Strike | ~073 (WSW-ENE) |
| Displacement | 8.1–23 mm (0.32–0.91 in)/yr |
| Tectonics | |
| Plate | Indo-Australian, Pacific |
| Status | Active |
| Earthquakes | 1888, 2016 |
| Type | Strike-slip fault |
| Movement | Dextral |
| Age | Pleistocene-Holocene |
| Orogeny | Kaikoura |
| New Zealand geology database (includes faults) | |
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