Magnitude 7.2 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
2003 August 21 12:12:50 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
| Historical USGS Moment Tensor Solutions |
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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1981 05 25 05:25:14.46 -48.786 164.357 PDE| 30.0 7.4 1.7 20 |1.67 0 136 0.00 54 45 -1.67 36 226|265 65 -27 7 66 -153|100 GS
1985 01 31 04:32:57.68 -46.083 165.092 PDE| 23.0 6.3 3.3 18 |3.30 58 154 -0.01 29 5 -3.28 14 267|324 40 42 200 65 122| 99 GS
1988 06 03 23:27:35.26 -45.003 167.599 PDE| 48.0 6.7 1.1 19 |1.12 35 242 0.00 38 118 -1.12 33 358| 31 39 2 299 89 129|100 GS
1989 05 31 05:54:20.56 -45.383 167.086 PDE| 12.0 6.3 3.6 18 |4.14 49 343 -1.02 27 108 -3.12 28 214|351 29 155 102 78 63| 51 GS
1993 08 10 00:51:53.25 -45.277 166.927 PDE| 36.0 7.0 3.3 19 |2.76 65 64 1.12 20 207 -3.88 14 302| 57 36 126 195 62 67| 42 GS
2000 11 01 10:35:55.03 -45.070 167.009 PDE| 8.0 6.1 1.6 18 |1.56 48 40 -0.01 42 216 -1.55 2 308| 72 57 143 185 60 40| 99 GS
2001 12 07 19:27:34.14 -44.216 168.819 PDE| 7.0 5.7 3.8 17 |3.52 84 299 0.57 1 202 -4.09 6 112|201 39 89 22 51 91| 72 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
