Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 4.4 FIJI REGION
Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 08:05:19 UTC

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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 2008 11 29 05:59:16.58 -18.701 -177.716 PDE|386.0 5.9 8.9  17 |9.32 46 235 -0.84 31 105 -8.47 26 357|293 79  123  39 34   20| 82 GS              
 2008 12 17 10:55:59.70 -17.744 -178.371 PDE|533.0 5.8 7.1  17 |7.20 30 150 -0.18 22  46 -7.01 51 286|287 25  -27  42 79 -113| 95 GS              
 2009 01 26 11:54:39.60 -17.796 -178.591 PDE|601.0 5.8 6.1  17 |5.19 19 349  1.57 42  98 -6.77 41 241| 35 45 -160 291 76  -46| 54 GS              
 2009 01 27 06:29:13.00 -17.837 -178.677 PDE|601.0 5.8 6.7  17 |6.68 10 347  0.01 54  92 -6.69 33 249| 34 59 -163 294 75  -32|100 GS              
 2009 02 11 09:31: 4.47 -20.775 -177.298 PDE| 14.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.54  3 351 -0.77 86 162 -1.77  0 261| 36 87  178 126 88    3| 39 GS              
 2009 02 20 01:46:17.93 -18.365 -178.749 PDE|514.0 5.6 2.8  17 |2.76 22 334  0.00 24  75 -2.75 55 207| 27 31 -143 264 72  -64|100 GS              
 2009 03 05 19:33:14.88 -17.512 -179.056 PDE|552.0 5.8 6.2  17 |6.51 32 344 -0.76 53 135 -5.75 13 245|118 78   34  20 57  165| 77 GS              
 2009 04 14 23:29:33.35 -16.308 -177.732 PDE|  1.0 5.9 8.0  17 |8.95 38 267 -2.28 38 136 -6.66 27  21|322 83  129  60 40   11| 49 GS              
 2009 04 18 17:49:39.54 -20.613 -178.482 PDE|563.0 5.7 4.9  17 |3.77 44 120  1.79  0 211 -5.56 45 301|148  1 -153  31 90  -90| 36 GS              
 2009 07 30 20:05:35.65 -20.849 -174.256 PDE|                  |     50 300                    40 120| 30 85   90 210  5   90|    GS              
 2009 08 15 23:30:19.30 -19.826 -178.239 PDE|597.0 5.6 3.2  17 |3.30 34 136 -0.16  4  43 -3.15 55 307|246 11  -67  43 79  -94| 90 GS              
 2009 08 16 22:03: 9.24 -17.936 -179.399 PDE|631.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.44 20 172  0.01 40  64 -2.46 43 282|308 43  -20  53 76 -132| 99 GS              
 2009 10 14 18:00:21.77 -14.910 -174.823 PDE| 11.0 6.1 2.0  18 |1.97  7 303 -0.03 82 139 -1.95  2  34|349 86  173  79 83    4| 97 GS              
 2009 11 12 02:13:37.58 -20.979 -178.662 PDE|565.0 5.8 5.9  17 |5.75 32 150  0.23 20  46 -5.98 49 289|291 23  -23  43 81 -111| 92 GS              
 2009 11 22 07:48:20.61 -17.794 -178.425 PDE|536.0 6.4 4.3  18 |4.25 28 156  0.08 25  51 -4.33 50 287|293 29  -26  46 78 -116| 96 GS              
 2009 12 11 12:33:39.04 -21.056 -174.448 PDE| 11.0 5.6 2.8  17 |2.21 80  47  0.89  8 209 -3.09  2 299| 39 43  103 202 48   78| 42 GS              
 2009 12 26 21:23:27.30 -17.299 -176.941 PDE| 17.0 5.5 2.1  17 |1.85 12 280  0.40 75  74 -2.25  6 189| 55 85   13 324 77  175| 64 GS              
 2010 02 13 02:34:28.86 -21.902 -174.767 PDE| 11.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.30 67 255  0.47 18  35 -1.76 13 130| 25 61   69 243 35  123| 47 GS              
 2010 04 10 16:54:24.25 -20.114 -176.223 PDE|273.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.03 50 301  0.14 17 188 -1.17 33  86| 12 81  108 128 20   28| 76 GS              
 2010 06 22 22:16:20.59 -19.201 -177.553 PDE|567.0 5.8 6.1  17 |4.60 17 328  2.29 35  72 -6.89 48 216| 18 41 -152 266 72  -52| 34 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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