Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 4.9 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green
The most recent (20 or less) USGS Moment Tensor Solutions are shown.
Data from the Source Parameter Database.
E P I C E N T E R | MOMENT | P R I N C I P A L A X E S |N O D A L P L A N E S |
DATE TIME (UTC) LAT LONG SRC|DEPTH VAL EX | T N P | 1 2 | % SRC
YR MO DA HR MN SEC deg deg | km Mw Nm |VAL PL AZM VAL PL AZM VAL PL AZM|STK DP SLIP STK DP SLIP| DC
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2008 02 23 15:57:20.49 -57.335 -23.433 PDE| | 15 264 38 6|140 75 -140 38 52 -19| GS
2008 04 14 09:45:19.70 -56.022 -28.035 PDE|109.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.28 40 171 -0.06 23 283 -1.22 40 35|284 90 66 193 24 179| 91 GS
2008 04 15 06:44:17.35 -55.793 -29.976 PDE| 4.0 5.3 1.3 17 |1.27 3 278 0.08 32 10 -1.35 57 184|216 56 -50 340 51 -134| 88 GS
2008 05 15 14:23:28.82 -57.911 -25.483 PDE| 30.0 5.8 6.7 17 |6.33 14 164 0.60 41 268 -6.94 45 59|105 71 -46 214 47 -154| 83 GS
2008 06 30 06:17:43.02 -58.227 -22.099 PDE| 19.0 6.9 2.4 19 |2.40 1 98 -0.01 84 357 -2.39 5 188|233 85 -3 324 87 -175| 99 GS
2008 07 01 01:54:41.38 -58.121 -21.882 PDE| 26.0 5.6 3.6 17 |3.99 0 291 -0.82 77 22 -3.17 12 201|246 81 -9 337 81 -171| 59 GS
2008 07 30 20:15:11.52 -59.644 -27.806 PDE|136.0 5.6 3.0 17 |2.82 10 172 0.33 13 79 -3.15 73 298|278 37 -67 71 57 -106| 79 GS
2008 10 04 07:56:52.51 -59.340 -25.903 PDE| 35.0 5.6 2.7 17 |3.05 85 338 -0.78 2 214 -2.27 3 124| 37 49 94 211 41 86| 49 GS
2008 11 13 15:10:15.93 -55.961 -27.234 PDE| 63.0 5.6 3.1 17 |2.87 13 142 0.49 25 239 -3.36 60 27| 74 63 -61 203 39 -134| 71 GS
2009 02 28 14:33: 6.35 -60.525 -24.796 PDE| 6.0 6.3 3.0 18 |3.05 15 312 -0.13 24 215 -2.92 60 70|202 64 -118 73 37 -46| 91 GS
2009 04 03 09:11:48.27 -59.553 -26.253 PDE| 33.0 5.1 6.1 16 |6.16 79 235 -0.04 7 12 -6.12 6 103| 7 52 80 202 39 102| 99 GS
2009 04 04 18:39:17.16 -55.976 -27.727 PDE| 89.0 5.4 1.6 17 |1.59 44 121 -0.05 37 260 -1.53 21 8|143 41 158 250 76 51| 94 GS
2009 04 16 14:57: 6.20 -60.203 -26.858 PDE| 26.0 6.6 8.9 18 |8.45 69 270 0.91 5 15 -9.36 19 107| 13 65 84 206 26 102| 81 GS
2009 08 12 14:50:14.25 -57.660 -25.250 PDE| 28.0 5.5 2.4 17 |1.83 54 312 0.92 34 147 -2.77 6 52|110 49 41 350 61 131| 34 GS
2010 03 11 06:22:18.48 -57.285 -27.931 PDE|285.0 5.5 2.6 17 |2.52 68 317 0.14 9 202 -2.66 19 109| 27 65 100 184 27 69| 89 GS
2010 04 13 20:27: 0.64 -56.331 -27.311 PDE| 89.0 5.5 2.3 17 |1.95 24 169 0.57 45 51 -2.52 34 277|310 46 -9 46 84 -135| 55 GS
2010 04 25 21:09:44.50 -55.606 -27.730 PDE| 7.0 5.6 3.3 17 |3.72 28 145 -1.02 56 290 -2.70 16 46|278 82 33 183 58 170| 45 GS
2010 06 02 01:49: 3.94 -57.369 -26.446 PDE|125.0 5.9 7.6 17 |7.55 71 265 0.19 3 165 -7.73 17 74|347 63 93 160 27 83| 95 GS
2010 11 11 18:47:16.24 -59.547 -26.217 PDE| 35.0 5.4 1.4 17 |1.49 85 293 -0.33 1 197 -1.16 5 107| 17 50 91 196 40 89| 56 GS
2010 12 08 05:24:35.26 -56.412 -25.741 PDE| 24.0 6.2 2.5 18 |2.32 82 194 0.29 4 316 -2.59 7 46|313 52 85 141 39 97| 78 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
