Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 6.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 00:59:34 UTC
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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2009 01 22 13:40:25.99 -5.912 148.511 PDE| 42.0 6.1 1.5 18 |1.58 81 26 -0.28 4 260 -1.30 6 170|255 38 82 85 52 96| 65 GS
2009 02 08 15:34:37.22 -6.116 147.824 PDE| 35.0 5.5 2.3 17 |2.15 81 25 0.18 2 281 -2.33 8 191|279 37 86 103 54 93| 85 GS
2009 03 03 01:19:38.45 -3.763 151.242 PDE| 11.0 5.3 1.1 17 |0.81 8 167 0.43 80 2 -1.24 2 258|213 85 172 303 82 5| 31 GS
2009 03 24 23:28:28.05 -5.141 151.823 PDE| 36.0 5.8 7.2 17 |6.93 80 336 0.47 1 78 -7.41 8 168| 77 54 88 261 36 93| 87 GS
2009 05 05 22:26: 7.34 -4.787 151.772 PDE| 97.0 5.4 1.4 17 |1.39 53 208 -0.05 4 304 -1.35 36 37|303 81 86 150 10 116| 93 GS
2009 05 12 01:26:26.58 -5.664 149.543 PDE| 84.0 6.1 1.5 18 |1.40 39 149 0.18 12 49 -1.58 47 304|300 13 -18 48 86 -103| 77 GS
2009 05 12 16:01:43.59 -4.635 152.885 PDE| 52.0 5.4 1.5 17 |1.61 76 10 -0.26 8 240 -1.35 10 149| 67 56 101 228 35 74| 68 GS
2009 06 23 14:19:22.35 -5.157 153.782 PDE| 68.0 6.7 1.4 19 |1.32 74 272 0.09 8 150 -1.41 12 58|336 58 100 138 33 75| 87 GS
2009 07 15 20:10:42.66 -3.375 150.506 PDE| 6.0 6.0 1.4 18 |1.38 17 331 0.14 68 115 -1.51 11 237| 14 69 176 105 86 21| 81 GS
2009 07 29 21:33: 5.74 -5.133 152.629 PDE| 23.0 5.3 1.3 17 |1.52 57 353 -0.44 22 122 -1.08 22 222|348 30 139 115 71 66| 42 GS
2009 08 09 07:08:59.83 -4.620 153.187 PDE| 49.0 5.5 1.9 17 |1.72 52 62 0.27 32 208 -1.99 16 309| 77 40 146 194 69 55| 73 GS
2010 01 10 13:27:31.37 -6.075 147.500 PDE| 66.0 5.4 1.6 17 |1.61 55 36 -0.11 26 259 -1.49 20 159|212 34 37 90 70 118| 86 GS
2010 03 20 14:00:49.98 -3.361 152.245 PDE|404.0 6.5 8.3 18 |7.87 13 326 0.79 10 58 -8.67 72 185|245 60 -78 42 33 -110| 82 GS
2010 04 11 08:45:12.28 -5.196 152.429 PDE| 41.0 5.4 1.6 17 |1.73 60 332 -0.28 24 188 -1.45 15 91| 21 65 117 151 37 46| 68 GS
2010 04 17 23:15:22.02 -6.669 147.291 PDE| 63.0 6.2 2.7 18 |2.20 86 79 0.85 3 280 -3.05 1 190|278 44 86 104 46 94| 44 GS
2010 04 22 18:32:19.54 -6.613 146.426 PDE|123.0 5.4 1.5 17 |1.61 11 198 -0.24 32 100 -1.37 55 305|322 44 -40 83 64 -126| 70 GS
2010 04 23 09:25:59.20 -6.701 147.340 PDE| 85.0 5.4 1.4 17 |1.35 85 224 0.08 2 343 -1.43 3 73|341 49 87 166 41 93| 89 GS
2010 06 02 09:28:53.25 -6.159 149.413 PDE| 34.0 5.8 7.4 17 |7.50 82 335 -0.10 0 70 -7.40 7 160| 70 52 89 251 38 91| 97 GS
2010 06 24 05:32:27.40 -5.514 151.161 PDE| 42.0 6.1 2.0 18 |1.98 83 352 0.13 1 92 -2.10 6 182| 92 51 89 274 39 92| 88 GS
2010 07 18 13:04: 9.41 -5.966 150.428 PDE| 34.0 6.8 2.3 19 |1.77 84 80 0.88 2 196 -2.64 5 286| 20 40 94 195 50 87| 33 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
