Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 5.5 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
Monday, February 18, 2013 at 04:51:13 UTC
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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1997 07 22 19:10:35.09 4.619 -32.688 PDE| 6.0 5.3 1.0 17 |1.10 11 83 -0.10 4 352 -0.99 78 241|178 34 -83 349 56 -95| 82 GS
2000 09 23 02:17:43.98 4.276 -32.607 PDE| 21.0 5.5 2.3 17 |2.37 10 281 -0.17 14 14 -2.21 72 157|354 37 -114 203 57 -73| 86 GS
2004 04 19 08:14:11.42 3.614 -32.234 PDE| 6.0 5.6 3.3 17 |3.20 14 89 0.18 5 180 -3.39 75 290|171 31 -100 3 59 -84| 89 GS
2005 03 24 07:33:53.04 7.102 -34.120 PDE| 23.0 5.4 1.7 17 |1.62 9 59 0.14 75 182 -1.76 13 327|103 75 -177 12 87 -15| 84 GS
2006 04 10 06:26:13.30 7.511 -36.930 PDE| 22.0 5.6 3.5 17 |3.53 15 47 0.01 69 182 -3.53 14 313| 90 69 179 180 89 21| 99 GS
2008 05 23 19:35:34.78 7.313 -34.897 PDE| 9.0 6.4 4.5 18 |4.51 18 47 0.03 67 188 -4.54 13 313|181 87 23 90 67 177| 99 GS
2008 10 03 05:26:20.91 7.517 -36.758 PDE| 5.0 5.6 2.9 17 |3.13 25 49 -0.44 62 211 -2.70 7 315|185 77 24 90 67 166| 72 GS
2010 08 02 03:30: 2.89 7.103 -34.206 PDE| 9.0 5.8 5.7 17 |5.92 1 30 -0.42 88 194 -5.51 0 300|166 89 1 76 89 179| 86 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
