Magnitude 5.5 CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 18:00:51 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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2002 09 24 03:57:22.28 -31.519 -69.200 PDE|121.0 6.3 3.5 18 |3.50 4 279 0.09 3 9 -3.58 84 136| 5 41 -95 192 50 -86| 95 GS
2003 05 18 21:10:21.72 -31.396 -69.094 PDE|116.0 5.4 1.8 17 |1.80 6 301 0.04 6 210 -1.84 81 78| 38 39 -81 206 52 -97| 96 GS
2003 05 27 08:29:45.64 -31.365 -68.596 PDE|117.0 5.6 3.4 17 |3.84 4 86 -0.89 17 177 -2.95 73 343|159 44 -114 11 51 -69| 54 GS
2004 08 27 00:43:54.54 -27.420 -70.805 PDE| 30.0 5.8 6.8 17 |6.54 55 260 0.49 10 5 -7.03 33 102|226 15 132 3 79 79| 86 GS
2004 09 07 11:53: 6.11 -28.573 -65.840 PDE| 23.0 6.3 4.2 18 |4.13 64 207 0.20 26 17 -4.33 4 109|224 47 127 356 54 57| 91 GS
2004 11 12 06:36:16.76 -26.705 -63.319 PDE|573.0 6.1 1.8 18 |1.83 18 262 0.00 11 168 -1.84 69 47| 10 29 -66 163 64 -103|100 GS
2005 03 21 12:23:54.09 -24.983 -63.470 PDE|574.0 6.9 2.7 19 |2.66 38 268 0.13 18 164 -2.79 47 54| 58 18 -15 162 85 -108| 91 GS
2005 06 02 10:56: 1.65 -24.221 -67.003 PDE|191.0 6.1 1.7 18 |1.78 16 92 -0.14 2 182 -1.65 74 279|178 29 -94 3 61 -88| 84 GS
2006 08 25 00:44:46.16 -24.403 -67.028 PDE|186.0 6.6 8.9 18 |9.09 15 86 -0.35 26 348 -8.74 59 203|208 37 -44 335 65 -119| 92 GS
2006 09 12 13:30:55.66 -28.944 -68.898 PDE|112.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.12 24 237 0.06 8 331 -1.18 65 78|311 22 -111 154 69 -81| 90 GS
2006 09 17 09:34:13.58 -31.733 -67.145 PDE|139.0 6.2 2.5 18 |2.37 26 89 0.27 35 199 -2.65 44 330|130 37 -163 26 80 -55| 80 GS
2006 09 22 02:32:25.64 -26.868 -63.149 PDE|594.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.12 16 253 0.08 14 158 -1.20 68 30| 2 31 -63 151 63 -106| 87 GS
2006 10 07 08:20:56.82 -24.087 -68.980 PDE|107.0 5.7 5.1 17 |5.09 11 41 0.12 21 135 -5.20 66 284|106 39 -125 328 59 -66| 95 GS
2006 11 13 01:26:35.87 -26.052 -63.283 PDE|573.0 6.8 1.8 19 |1.86 34 246 -0.21 5 339 -1.66 56 76|316 12 -113 160 79 -85| 77 GS
2007 05 25 17:47:31.26 -24.222 -67.027 PDE|181.0 5.9 7.7 17 |8.42 31 83 -1.41 26 336 -7.02 47 214|225 28 -19 331 81 -117| 67 GS
2007 11 21 12:55: 5.60 -24.810 -68.472 PDE|110.0 5.8 6.4 17 |5.10 19 59 2.07 20 157 -7.17 60 289|119 31 -133 346 68 -68| 42 GS
2008 03 10 09:43: 1.52 -28.337 -69.294 PDE|109.0 5.6 3.1 17 |3.22 4 283 -0.20 6 193 -3.01 82 46|188 49 -98 20 41 -80| 88 GS
2008 08 21 09:32:57.56 -25.254 -68.697 PDE|101.0 5.4 1.4 17 |1.29 13 80 0.19 3 349 -1.48 76 243|176 32 -83 347 58 -95| 74 GS
2008 09 03 11:25:14.45 -26.736 -63.225 PDE|567.0 6.3 3.6 18 |3.67 29 253 -0.09 18 152 -3.57 54 33|147 77 -110 25 23 -35| 95 GS
2008 10 30 01:32:40.00 -24.034 -70.105 PDE| 27.0 5.3 1.2 17 |0.95 73 68 0.39 11 200 -1.34 12 293| 37 34 110 194 58 77| 42 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
