Magnitude 6.7 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 14:57:06 UTC
Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
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
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2006 03 09 09:59:53.02 -59.542 -29.660 PDE| 20.0 5.9 7.8 17 |7.27 1 122 0.98 74 215 -8.26 16 32|168 78 -169 76 80 -12| 76 GS
2006 05 29 05:20:39.20 -59.590 -26.235 PDE| 32.0 5.5 2.4 17 |2.69 75 224 -0.61 14 32 -2.08 3 123|227 44 111 19 50 71| 55 GS
2006 08 20 03:41:48.04 -61.029 -34.371 PDE| 27.0 7.0 3.5 19 |3.42 10 311 0.13 80 139 -3.55 1 41| 87 82 6 356 84 172| 93 GS
2006 08 20 13:34:59.98 -60.913 -34.057 PDE| 27.0 5.9 9.0 17 |8.79 5 318 0.33 84 172 -9.12 4 48| 93 84 1 3 89 174| 93 GS
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
2007 07 31 02:42:48.01 -56.058 -27.733 PDE|108.0 5.6 3.1 17 |2.98 39 174 0.22 41 308 -3.20 25 62|201 42 167 301 81 49| 86 GS
2008 01 12 08:32:46.71 -56.399 -27.206 PDE| 80.0 5.3 9.6 16 |0.79 25 135 0.28 13 38 -1.07 60 283|253 23 -53 34 72 -104| 48 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 03 14:24:37.34 -56.272 -27.043 PDE| 87.0 5.5 2.2 17 |2.40 51 203 -0.58 6 301 -1.83 37 36|301 83 84 162 9 131| 52 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 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 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
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
