Magnitude 4.8 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
Thursday, September 04, 2008 at 18:47:55 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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1996 12 09 11:28:48.61 29.850 -42.855 PDE| 5.0 5.9 8.8 17 |9.31 7 94 -1.01 2 184 -8.30 83 287|182 38 -93 6 52 -88| 78 GS
1997 03 23 20:48:48.88 30.984 -41.542 PDE| 4.0 5.8 6.2 17 |6.84 11 156 -1.17 29 60 -5.66 58 265|278 42 -44 43 62 -123| 66 GS
2000 10 05 13:39:11.67 31.732 -40.958 PDE| 10.0 5.8 6.2 17 |6.29 13 113 -0.25 0 203 -6.04 77 295|203 32 -91 24 58 -90| 92 GS
2001 07 13 19:48:19.24 28.750 -43.437 PDE| 5.0 5.5 2.6 17 |2.65 12 98 -0.08 2 7 -2.57 77 267|191 33 -86 6 57 -93| 94 GS
2001 12 13 13:50:46.38 27.042 -44.496 PDE| 5.0 5.6 2.9 17 |3.08 3 83 -0.33 12 173 -2.75 77 341|160 44 -108 4 49 -74| 79 GS
2003 06 25 01:38:42.17 28.820 -43.612 PDE| 20.0 5.5 2.2 17 |2.21 4 293 -0.08 30 25 -2.13 59 195|354 49 -132 228 56 -52| 93 GS
2003 11 26 19:25: 7.35 28.524 -43.732 PDE| 20.0 5.5 2.2 17 |2.01 17 269 0.29 1 359 -2.30 73 91|358 28 -91 179 62 -89| 75 GS
2006 01 20 08:53:52.94 31.066 -41.422 PDE| 4.0 5.6 2.8 17 |2.20 15 146 1.31 8 54 -3.51 73 297|247 31 -74 49 61 -99| 25 GS
2006 06 18 18:28: 2.10 33.028 -39.702 PDE| 4.0 5.9 8.1 17 |8.55 19 115 -0.86 2 206 -7.68 71 303|201 26 -96 27 64 -87| 80 GS
2007 03 01 23:11:52.07 26.581 -44.594 PDE| 4.0 5.8 5.9 17 |5.87 17 99 0.10 21 196 -5.97 63 333|161 34 -130 26 65 -67| 97 GS
2007 10 18 16:13:14.08 30.132 -42.594 PDE| 6.0 5.7 3.8 17 |3.79 13 328 -0.03 72 185 -3.76 9 60| 14 87 163 105 73 3| 98 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
