Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 5.1 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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2006 09 06 11:42:41.45 -60.844 -34.166 PDE| 16.0 5.7 3.8 17 |3.34 10 299 0.89 80 129 -4.23 2 29| 74 82 6 343 84 172| 58 GS
2007 04 28 14:02:37.91 -60.789 -20.208 PDE| 21.0 5.9 9.3 17 |9.55 19 301 -0.58 70 133 -8.97 4 33| 79 74 11 345 79 163| 88 GS
2007 05 30 19:35:21.44 -59.972 -26.457 PDE| 25.0 5.5 2.0 17 |1.78 86 237 0.34 4 49 -2.12 1 139|233 45 96 45 46 84| 68 GS
2007 06 05 15:27: 2.10 -60.182 -26.728 PDE| 15.0 5.5 2.6 17 |2.55 55 325 0.14 18 207 -2.68 28 106|157 24 38 32 76 109| 90 GS
2007 06 15 03:48:34.86 -58.596 -26.244 PDE|138.0 5.4 1.7 17 |1.51 49 330 0.33 22 212 -1.84 32 107|146 24 23 36 81 113| 64 GS
2008 01 29 14:57:26.20 -58.735 -25.240 PDE| 30.0 5.6 2.7 17 |2.42 82 211 0.50 5 346 -2.91 4 77|343 50 83 173 40 98| 66 GS
2008 02 10 12:22: 2.65 -60.797 -25.586 PDE| 4.0 6.5 6.8 18 |6.79 0 149 0.08 2 59 -6.86 87 240| 57 45 -94 242 45 -86| 98 GS
2008 02 23 15:57:20.49 -57.335 -23.433 PDE| | 15 264 38 6|140 75 -140 38 52 -19| 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
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 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 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
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
