Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 4.8 VANUATU
Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 17:27:04 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 06 02 02:17: 3.51 -17.757  167.949 PDE|                  |     60  75                    30 255|165 75   90 345 15   90|    GS              
 2009 06 04 17:10: 3.67 -17.735  167.762 PDE|  6.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.55 56  78 -0.27  1 170 -2.28 33 260|356 12   96 170 78   89| 79 GS              
 2009 06 05 21:16:55.58 -17.429  167.721 PDE|  7.0 5.7 3.9  17 |4.02 65  96 -0.29  3 359 -3.73 24 267|351 21   81 181 69   93| 86 GS              
 2009 06 12 09:44:15.06 -17.611  167.812 PDE| 14.0 6.0 1.1  18 |0.93 62 134  0.30 20 358 -1.23 17 262|324 33   51 188 65  112| 51 GS              
 2009 07 16 17:59:36.10 -17.534  167.721 PDE|  4.0 5.8 6.2  17 |6.33 76  47 -0.25  9 179 -6.08 10 271| 13 36  106 173 56   79| 92 GS              
 2009 07 26 23:01:31.27 -17.755  168.089 PDE| 28.0 5.7 4.8  17 |4.67 33  83  0.19  3 350 -4.86 56 254|189 12  -71 350 79  -94| 92 GS              
 2009 08 14 08:19:58.03 -13.912  166.682 PDE| 27.0 5.7 3.8  17 |3.69 79 122  0.23  9 326 -3.92  4 235|315 42   75 154 50  103| 88 GS              
 2009 10 07 22:03:14.47 -13.006  166.510 PDE|                  |     80  85                    10 265|175 55   90 355 35   90|    GS              
 2009 10 09 13:12:32.22 -13.357  166.503 PDE| 23.0 5.5 2.1  17 |2.06  7 294  0.11 32  28 -2.17 56 193|353 48 -137 231 60  -51| 90 GS              
 2009 10 10 14:25:15.78 -14.117  166.691 PDE| 19.0 5.7 3.9  17 |3.89 73 112 -0.06 10 345 -3.82 13 253|330 33   71 172 59  102| 97 GS              
 2009 10 12 20:59:38.12 -14.075  166.253 PDE|  3.0 5.7 4.5  17 |4.09 52  79  0.67  3 345 -4.75 37 253|324  8   68 166 82   93| 72 GS              
 2009 11 08 15:46: 9.22 -16.008  167.993 PDE|174.0 5.5 2.0  17 |2.18 42 148 -0.37  9  50 -1.81 46 310|309  9  -11  50 88  -99| 66 GS              
 2010 01 24 18:15: 9.27 -18.513  167.897 PDE| 15.0 5.6 3.1  17 |3.04  1 324  0.20 58  57 -3.24 31 233| 14 67 -158 275 70  -24| 88 GS              
 2010 02 20 13:35:51.10 -13.507  166.806 PDE| 28.0 5.4 1.7  17 |1.65 75 317  0.08 12 170 -1.74  7  78|359 54  105 154 39   70| 91 GS              
 2010 03 04 14:02:27.55 -13.571  167.227 PDE|176.0 6.5 6.8  18 |6.47 82 143  0.53  6 350 -7.01  3 260|343 42   80 177 49   99| 85 GS              
 2010 05 27 17:14:46.57 -13.698  166.643 PDE| 35.0 7.0 3.4  19 |3.37 83 312  0.04  6 159 -3.40  3  69|345 48   98 153 42   81| 98 GS              
 2010 05 28 04:25:58.63 -14.048  166.606 PDE| 34.0 5.7 4.4  17 |4.49 79 141 -0.10  6  15 -4.39  8 284|  7 37   80 200 54   98| 96 GS              
 2010 06 02 18:51: 7.29 -13.731  166.594 PDE| 19.0 5.5 2.4  17 |1.94 13 171  0.78 68  44 -2.72 16 265| 39 88 -159 308 69   -2| 43 GS              
 2010 06 09 23:23:17.35 -18.597  169.485 PDE| 20.0 6.0 1.2  18 |0.98  4 216  0.35 72 111 -1.33 16 308| 83 82 -165 351 75   -8| 47 GS              
 2010 07 02 06:04: 3.13 -13.643  166.485 PDE| 24.0 6.2 2.7  18 |1.98 75  49  1.08  8 174 -3.06 11 266|  8 34  106 169 57   80| 29 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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