Magnitude 6.7 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 15:57:20 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
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2005 05 18 09:10:53.65 -56.413 -26.863 PDE| 97.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.05 14 171 0.23 66 297 -1.28 18 76|214 66 -177 123 87 -24| 64 GS
2005 06 12 19:26:24.80 -56.293 -27.075 PDE| 88.0 6.0 1.3 18 |1.24 63 213 0.16 5 313 -1.39 27 46|148 19 106 311 72 85| 77 GS
2005 07 25 19:45:16.07 -56.027 -27.760 PDE| 72.0 5.5 2.4 17 |2.50 41 125 -0.14 14 23 -2.36 46 279|284 14 -9 23 88 -104| 89 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
2005 09 09 01:20:15.14 -55.645 -27.102 PDE| 19.0 5.5 2.3 17 |1.99 75 198 0.70 9 322 -2.69 13 54|156 33 106 316 58 80| 48 GS
2005 11 07 22:11: 1.74 -56.079 -27.350 PDE| 85.0 5.5 2.2 17 |2.04 30 166 0.25 42 287 -2.30 34 53|202 42 -176 109 87 -48| 78 GS
2005 11 11 14:58:50.01 -55.698 -27.063 PDE| 22.0 5.9 7.8 17 |6.83 56 248 1.94 22 122 -8.77 25 21| 73 28 38 309 73 113| 56 GS
2005 11 22 13:21:23.31 -60.726 -25.319 PDE| 15.0 5.4 1.8 17 |1.79 16 304 0.02 11 210 -1.81 70 87| 50 31 -68 204 62 -103| 98 GS
2006 01 02 06:10:49.76 -60.957 -21.606 PDE| 22.0 7.1 6.5 19 |6.50 34 295 0.02 54 137 -6.53 10 32| 79 59 18 339 75 147| 99 GS
2006 01 05 08:40:45.76 -56.552 -24.954 PDE| 15.0 5.6 3.6 17 |3.51 77 203 0.26 9 333 -3.78 10 65|165 36 105 327 55 80| 86 GS
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 11 19 01:55: 5.27 -55.584 -24.871 PDE| 4.0 5.7 5.1 17 |5.32 20 194 -0.42 26 93 -4.90 56 317|320 34 -38 83 70 -118| 84 GS
2007 01 20 06:21: 4.56 -55.419 -29.533 PDE| 7.0 6.1 1.8 18 |1.88 28 269 -0.18 55 128 -1.70 18 9| 51 56 8 317 83 146| 81 GS
2007 02 28 23:13:15.61 -55.245 -29.142 PDE| 7.0 6.2 2.7 18 |2.82 42 254 -0.33 23 142 -2.49 39 32| 57 23 4 323 88 113| 77 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
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
