Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 7.0 SCOTIA SEA
Sunday, August 20, 2006 at 03:41:47 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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1985 11 06 08:15:39.61 -58.716 -26.223 PDE|138.0 6.2 2.6 18 |2.25 32 8 0.70 47 235 -2.95 25 115|154 47 6 60 86 137| 53 GS
1986 09 05 02:47:17.77 -59.493 -29.529 PDE| | 24 353 11 258| 33 65 170 127 81 25| GS
1986 09 13 09:28:24.46 -60.797 -36.779 PDE| 27.0 6.3 3.1 18 |3.02 38 293 0.08 44 156 -3.10 23 42| 83 45 13 344 81 134| 95 GS
1987 01 30 22:29:42.09 -60.063 -26.916 PDE| 4.0 7.0 3.8 19 |3.98 55 291 -0.32 23 165 -3.66 25 63|114 29 36 352 74 114| 84 GS
1987 02 23 02:43:39.58 -57.922 -25.350 PDE| 1.0 6.3 3.3 18 |3.28 50 309 0.08 15 201 -3.36 36 100|138 17 26 23 83 105| 95 GS
1989 08 03 11:07:17.97 -59.994 -26.680 PDE| 6.0 6.0 1.1 18 |1.17 36 177 -0.15 47 320 -1.02 19 72|208 49 166 308 79 42| 74 GS
1993 01 10 14:39: 0.39 -59.274 -26.205 PDE| 68.0 6.7 1.2 19 |1.21 52 92 0.02 22 330 -1.23 29 227|272 26 30 155 78 113| 97 GS
1993 04 05 04:00: 5.39 -59.801 -26.312 PDE| 9.0 6.3 3.4 18 |3.39 35 2 0.09 0 92 -3.47 55 182| 91 10 -90 272 80 -90| 95 GS
1996 01 22 23:19:57.45 -60.614 -25.901 PDE| 4.0 6.2 2.2 18 |2.19 25 354 -0.03 32 248 -2.15 48 115|130 35 -24 240 77 -123| 97 GS
1997 06 02 21:24:38.43 -57.776 -25.466 PDE| 26.0 6.1 1.4 18 |1.27 69 268 0.18 8 155 -1.45 19 63|139 27 71 339 65 99| 75 GS
1997 10 05 18:04:30.00 -59.739 -29.198 PDE|269.0 6.3 3.5 18 |3.11 13 260 0.79 6 169 -3.91 76 53|358 33 -79 165 58 -97| 60 GS
2001 04 13 15:33:53.55 -59.723 -25.586 PDE| 21.0 6.2 1.9 18 |1.93 53 255 -0.11 27 28 -1.82 23 130|260 33 147 19 73 62| 89 GS
2002 04 18 14:17:23.94 -60.657 -25.843 PDE| 6.0 5.7 4.7 17 |4.72 4 337 0.00 17 246 -4.72 72 81| 85 44 -64 232 52 -112|100 GS
2003 09 06 15:46:59.92 -57.419 -25.639 PDE| 33.0 5.6 3.0 17 |3.12 81 251 -0.21 3 142 -2.91 9 51|137 36 85 324 54 94| 87 GS
2003 09 30 08:01:33.11 -60.318 -33.401 PDE| 14.0 5.9 7.4 17 |7.60 9 320 -0.47 80 164 -7.13 4 50| 95 81 4 5 86 171| 88 GS
2003 10 20 16:50:18.42 -58.090 -26.248 PDE|112.0 5.6 3.3 17 |3.26 6 168 0.02 59 268 -3.28 31 74|216 64 -162 117 73 -27| 99 GS
2003 10 30 06:00:45.07 -60.711 -25.152 PDE| 4.0 5.7 3.9 17 |3.73 2 151 0.25 21 242 -3.98 68 55|220 47 -120 80 51 -62| 87 GS
2004 09 11 21:52:38.30 -57.976 -25.342 PDE| 27.0 6.1 1.6 18 |1.47 77 254 0.30 0 162 -1.77 13 72|161 32 89 342 58 91| 66 GS
2005 05 04 14:49:26.47 -57.954 -25.593 PDE| 36.0 5.4 1.4 17 |1.49 76 192 -0.09 14 7 -1.40 1 98|202 46 110 354 48 71| 88 GS
2005 08 04 12:11:20.57 -59.768 -25.886 PDE| 36.0 5.6 2.7 17 |2.61 65 65 0.25 10 314 -2.86 23 220|290 24 65 138 69 101| 83 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

