Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 4.6 CELEBES SEA
Friday, May 18, 2012 at 17:06:05 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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 2009 07 20 15:19:47.64   2.301  126.940 PDE| 47.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.30 64 186  0.17 25 354 -2.46  4  86|202 46  127 335 55   58| 86 GS              
 2009 08 12 20:04:25.01   6.040  126.376 PDE| 85.0 5.7 3.9  17 |3.95 58 238 -0.07 13 352 -3.88 27  89|348 74   76 210 21  130| 96 GS              
 2009 09 08 18:51:22.89   1.118  120.897 PDE| 19.0 5.7 4.1  17 |2.88 67 190  1.77  4  89 -4.65 22 357| 78 23   77 271 68   95| 24 GS              
 2009 10 04 10:58: 0.17   6.740  123.378 PDE|620.0 6.6 1.1  19 |1.05 46 126  0.09  3 220 -1.14 43 314|113  4  163 220 89   86| 84 GS              
 2009 10 07 21:41:13.27   4.079  122.371 PDE|577.0 6.7 1.6  19 |1.60 35 106 -0.02  3 198 -1.58 54 292|181 10 -108  19 80  -87| 98 GS              
 2009 11 28 18:10:20.63   5.326  126.288 PDE| 21.0 5.8 7.3  17 |7.38 38 323 -0.22 32 204 -7.15 35  87|118 32    3  25 88  122| 94 GS              
 2009 12 30 11:17:49.80   6.520  126.341 PDE| 34.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.39 71 332  0.60 17 160 -1.99  2  70|357 50  114 142 45   64| 40 GS              
 2010 02 26 08:37: 0.25   6.484  126.802 PDE| 92.0 5.7 5.1  17 |4.91 70 295  0.45 11 170 -5.36 15  76|357 62  104 150 31   66| 83 GS              
 2010 04 05 10:05:44.63  -0.183  125.009 PDE|                  |     47  26                    29 151| 85 80  120 192 31   19|    GS              
 2010 04 17 07:22:59.27   3.739  126.585 PDE| 35.0 5.3 1.1  17 |0.86  9 341  0.42 71 222 -1.28 15  74|117 72   -5 209 86 -162| 34 GS              
 2010 04 17 10:02:23.23   3.682  126.546 PDE| 35.0 5.3 1.0  17 |0.88 11 348  0.27 74 213 -1.15 10  80|125 75    1  35 90  165| 53 GS              
 2010 05 08 05:39:28.08  -0.732  122.485 PDE| 20.0 5.6 3.4  17 |3.59 19   1 -0.51 70 183 -3.08  0  91| 45 77  166 138 76   13| 72 GS              
 2010 05 16 00:33: 6.35   0.511  124.657 PDE|123.0 5.8 6.3  17 |4.38 51 306  2.88  3  40 -7.26 37 133| 40 83   87 244  8  114| 21 GS              
 2010 05 31 10:16: 0.23   6.948  124.025 PDE| 15.0 5.8 5.9  17 |5.93  3  39 -0.01 48 133 -5.91 41 306| 92 59 -150 346 65  -34|100 GS              
 2010 06 27 23:47:29.38   5.283  126.984 PDE| 31.0 5.2 7.7  16 |7.91 51 209 -0.52 36  10 -7.38  9 107|233 48  144 349 64   48| 87 GS              
 2010 07 23 22:08:11.25   6.718  123.409 PDE|606.0 7.3 1.1  20 |1.08 32 121 -0.03  9  25 -1.05 55 281|244 15  -51  24 78 -100| 94 GS              
 2010 07 23 22:51:11.84   6.497  123.480 PDE|575.0 7.6 3.0  20 |2.83 32  98  0.37 15 358 -3.20 52 247|233 19  -34 356 80 -106| 77 GS              
 2010 07 23 23:15:10.19   6.776  123.259 PDE|621.0 7.4 1.7  20 |1.06 25 142  0.85 13  46 -1.91 61 291|260 23  -54  42 72 -104| 11 GS              
 2010 07 24 05:35: 1.06   6.218  123.519 PDE|553.0 6.5 8.1  18 |8.20 33 116 -0.09 11  19 -8.10 54 272|245 16  -43  17 79 -102| 98 GS              
 2010 07 29 07:31:56.24   6.548  123.222 PDE|606.0 6.6 1.1  19 |1.01 37 131  0.10  7  35 -1.11 51 296|261 10  -44  35 83  -97| 82 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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