Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 6.3 NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
Thursday, August 02, 2012 at 09:56:44 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 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 25 01:42:23.87  -6.492  154.973 PDE| 34.0 5.9 8.4  17 |6.39 87  25  3.11  0 131 -9.50  2 221|313 42   91 131 48   89| 35 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              
 2009 12 14 08:54: 1.82  -5.958  154.444 PDE| 40.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.23 81 259 -0.07  6 115 -1.16  5  25|301 50   99 108 40   79| 89 GS              
 2010 02 01 22:28:16.92  -6.112  154.463 PDE| 33.0 6.1 1.9  18 |1.73 85   5  0.37  1 119 -2.10  3 209|301 41   93 118 49   88| 65 GS              
 2010 02 10 07:18:29.35  -7.048  154.855 PDE|  5.0 5.5 2.5  17 |2.34 51   9  0.33 15 119 -2.68 34 220|359 18  150 117 81   74| 75 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 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 07 06:50:40.97  -6.169  154.424 PDE| 21.0 5.7 5.1  17 |4.12 82  59  1.64  2 311 -5.76  7 220|308 37   86 133 53   93| 43 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              
 2010 08 20 17:56:14.15  -6.570  154.246 PDE|                  |     60  55                    30 235|145 75   90 325 15   90|    GS              
 2010 09 23 12:53: 8.54  -5.826  151.544 PDE|  8.0 5.5 2.3  17 |1.99 79 315  0.47  5  69 -2.46 10 160| 66 55   84 256 35   98| 62 GS              

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