Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 5.3 TONGA REGION
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 20:23:07 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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2007 02 05 09:55:51.10 -20.609 -175.650 PDE| 22.0 5.7 5.3 17 |5.34 10 264 -0.15 78 109 -5.18 5 354| 39 79 4 309 86 169| 94 GS
2007 05 07 20:32:32.33 -21.213 -178.619 PDE|555.0 5.7 4.2 17 |4.26 9 176 -0.07 14 84 -4.20 73 298|283 38 -67 74 55 -107| 97 GS
2007 05 27 18:12:34.77 -20.069 -174.519 PDE| 36.0 5.6 3.1 17 |3.19 65 116 -0.17 25 304 -3.02 3 212|279 47 56 144 53 122| 89 GS
2007 07 17 09:39:27.81 -26.206 -177.744 PDE| 9.0 6.0 1.4 18 |1.57 2 126 -0.27 81 22 -1.29 9 216|261 82 -5 351 85 -172| 66 GS
2007 07 18 00:07:35.46 -26.295 -177.738 PDE| 6.0 6.0 1.1 18 |1.09 9 112 0.03 33 17 -1.12 56 215|235 46 -41 356 61 -128| 95 GS
2007 10 08 18:37:53.70 -20.706 -177.398 PDE|323.0 5.7 5.2 17 |5.40 26 202 -0.42 2 110 -4.98 63 14|110 72 -93 300 19 -81| 84 GS
2007 11 19 00:52:12.51 -21.185 -178.752 PDE|545.0 6.3 4.0 18 |4.09 10 181 -0.09 11 89 -4.00 74 311|286 36 -70 81 56 -104| 96 GS
2007 12 09 07:28:20.82 -25.996 -177.514 PDE|180.0 7.7 4.2 20 |3.77 60 167 0.83 0 258 -4.60 29 348| 80 16 92 258 74 90| 64 GS
2008 06 26 21:19:15.58 -20.768 -173.342 PDE| 42.0 6.2 2.5 18 |2.33 68 38 0.30 18 188 -2.63 9 281| 33 39 121 176 58 68| 77 GS
2008 09 01 04:00:39.43 -25.387 -177.636 PDE|164.0 6.0 1.3 18 |1.10 44 119 0.27 14 223 -1.37 42 326|130 14 177 223 89 76| 61 GS
2008 10 09 17:49:58.60 -21.030 -174.420 PDE| 9.0 5.7 4.0 17 |4.24 73 273 -0.66 6 25 -3.59 14 116| 22 60 83 216 31 102| 69 GS
2008 10 19 05:10:33.91 -21.863 -173.819 PDE| 35.0 6.8 2.2 19 |2.21 77 37 -0.01 12 200 -2.20 3 290|190 50 74 34 43 108| 99 GS
2008 10 19 12:55: 5.69 -21.972 -173.700 PDE| 12.0 5.5 2.5 17 |2.80 11 307 -0.69 7 215 -2.12 76 91|210 57 -99 47 34 -76| 51 GS
2008 12 31 14:02:27.44 -25.378 -177.612 PDE|149.0 5.3 1.2 17 |1.30 22 122 -0.11 5 215 -1.19 66 318|202 23 -104 37 68 -84| 83 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 03 19 18:17:40.47 -23.043 -174.660 PDE| | 59 168 15 284|215 65 120 341 38 43| 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 18 21:20:47.55 -26.064 -178.391 PDE|269.0 6.2 2.3 18 |2.17 12 99 0.30 46 202 -2.46 41 358|148 52 -156 43 72 -40| 76 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
