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Magnitude 4.9 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 12:09:48 UTC

Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Historic Moment Tensor Solutions World Location
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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 2003 09 06 15:46:59.92 -57.419  -25.639 PDE| 33.0 5.6 3.0  17 |3.12 81 251 -0.21  3 142 -2.91  9  51|137 36   85 324 54   94| 87 GS              
 2003 09 30 08:01:33.11 -60.318  -33.401 PDE| 14.0 5.8 7.4  17 |7.60  9 320 -0.47 80 164 -7.13  4  50| 95 81    4   5 86  171| 88 GS              
 2003 10 20 16:50:18.42 -58.090  -26.248 PDE|112.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.26  6 168  0.02 59 268 -3.28 31  74|216 64 -162 117 73  -27| 99 GS              
 2003 10 30 06:00:45.07 -60.711  -25.152 PDE|  4.0 5.7 3.9  17 |3.73  2 151  0.25 21 242 -3.98 68  55|220 47 -120  80 51  -62| 87 GS              
 2004 08 30 22:09:19.07 -56.509  -26.513 PDE| 73.0 5.3 1.3  17 |1.35 22 173 -0.07 33 278 -1.28 48  55|219 37 -155 108 75  -55| 90 GS              
 2004 09 11 21:52:38.30 -57.976  -25.342 PDE| 27.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.47 77 254  0.30  0 162 -1.77 13  72|161 32   89 342 58   91| 66 GS              
 2004 10 26 20:48:10.58 -57.067  -24.829 PDE|  4.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.41 44 244 -0.31  5 339 -1.10 45  73|252  5 -176 159 90  -85| 56 GS              
 2004 10 26 22:53: 7.86 -57.071  -24.679 PDE|  4.0 6.4 4.8  18 |4.93 46 238 -0.22  7 336 -4.71 43  72|233  7  168 336 88   83| 91 GS              
 2005 01 31 13:56:37.55 -56.082  -27.403 PDE|100.0 5.5 1.9  17 |1.78 33 151  0.26 56 320 -2.04  5  58|189 63  158 289 71   28| 75 GS              
 2005 05 04 14:49:26.47 -57.954  -25.593 PDE| 36.0 5.4 1.4  17 |1.49 76 192 -0.09 14   7 -1.40  1  98|202 46  110 354 48   71| 88 GS              
 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 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 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 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 08 20 03:41:48.04 -61.029  -34.371 PDE| 27.0 7.0 3.5  19 |3.42 10 311  0.13 80 139 -3.55  1  41| 87 82    6 356 84  172| 93 GS              
 2006 08 20 13:34:59.98 -60.913  -34.057 PDE| 27.0 5.9 9.0  17 |8.79  5 318  0.33 84 172 -9.12  4  48| 93 84    1   3 89  174| 93 GS              
 2006 09 06 11:42:41.45 -60.844  -34.166 PDE| 16.0 5.7 3.8  17 |3.34 10 299  0.89 80 129 -4.23  2  29| 74 82    6 343 84  172| 58 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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