This fault crosses Guatemalan territory and continues
into Chiapas passing by Barraca de Bacantón,Motozintla, andMapastepec
villages up to the Pacific Coastal Plain. The Polochic Fault trace forms
the course of the Xelajú Grande River branching to the north at the
Chimalapa Fault that gives place to the Chimalapa River course. The
left lateral movement along the Polochic Fault has been estimated at ca.
132 km