The fault has a total length of 87.1 kilometres (54.1 mi) and runs along an average north–south strike of 001.4 ± 5 along the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes.

The fault cuts mud flows dated at about 10,000 to 15,000 years.

The fault forms well-developed scarps of about 20 metres (66 ft) high on late Quaternary alluvial deposits.

[1] The fault forms the course of the Penderisco River and cuts perpendicular to the Ocaidó Valley.

[3][4] Gómez Tapias, Jorge; Montes Ramírez, Nohora E.; Almanza Meléndez, María F.; Alcárcel Gutiérrez, Fernando A.; Madrid Montoya, César A.; Diederix, Hans (2015).