Link to USGS home page.
Earthquake Hazards Program

Magnitude 6.7 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 15:57:20 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


February 23, 2008, SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION, MW=6.7

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200802231557A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:105S, 256C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   95S, 199C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 103S, 228C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080224032323
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      15:57:29.2 0.1
LAT:57.10S 0.00;LON: 23.09W 0.01
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  5.7
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR=-0.943 0.007; TT=-0.829 0.008
PP= 1.770 0.007; RT=-0.247 0.023
RP= 0.483 0.020; TP=-0.682 0.006
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.032;PLG=10;AZM=256
2.(N)      -0.893;    40;    157
3.(P)      -1.141;    49;    357
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.59*10**26
NP1: STRIKE= 23;DIP=49;SLIP= -33
NP2: STRIKE=136;DIP=66;SLIP=-134

            -----------           
        -----------------##       
      --------------------###     
    ##----------   -------#####   
   ####--------- P --------#####  
  #####---------   --------###### 
  ######-------------------###### 
 ########------------------#######
 #########----------------########
 ###########--------------########
    #########------------#########
  T ###########---------######### 
    #############------########## 
   #################--##########  
    #################--########   
      #############----------     
        ########-----------       
            -----------           

Global CMT Project Catalog Search

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver


FirstGov button  Take Pride in America button