Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 5.8 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.
Sunday, May 01, 2011 at 16:12:43 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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 2007 09 26 12:36:26.89  -4.990  153.500 PDE| 47.0 6.7 1.5  19 |1.67 87 312 -0.35  2 128 -1.32  0 218|312 45   94 126 45   86| 58 GS              
 2007 10 09 15:03:41.21  -4.808  152.892 PDE| 40.0 6.0 1.1  18 |0.93  5 247  0.27 27 339 -1.20 61 147|181 56  -56 310 47 -130| 55 GS              
 2007 10 21 10:24:52.06  -6.310  154.770 PDE| 36.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.21 89  78 -0.28  0 307 -0.93  0 217|307 44   89 128 46   91| 54 GS              
 2007 10 25 03:44:40.77  -6.317  154.827 PDE| 41.0 5.6 3.7  17 |3.94 86 254 -0.57  1 134 -3.39  2  44|316 48   92 133 42   87| 71 GS              
 2007 11 01 00:05:17.21  -4.985  153.658 PDE| 40.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.53 81  94 -0.42  6 314 -2.12  5 223|306 40   80 140 51   99| 67 GS              
 2007 11 01 21:45:37.90  -6.594  154.764 PDE| 23.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.12 72  20  0.48  6 133 -2.60 15 225|326 30  104 130 61   82| 63 GS              
 2007 11 20 12:52:59.03  -6.907  155.672 PDE| 46.0 6.0 1.4  18 |1.45 82 245 -0.07  5 111 -1.38  5  20|295 51   97 105 40   82| 90 GS              
 2008 05 03 19:01:46.29  -6.640  155.091 PDE| 26.0 5.6 3.0  17 |3.04 83  30 -0.06  0 128 -2.98  6 218|310 38   92 128 52   89| 96 GS              
 2008 05 24 13:24: 5.95  -7.181  156.069 PDE| 29.0 5.8 6.2  17 |5.65 35 142  0.93 53 334 -6.58  5 236|286 61   23 184 70  149| 72 GS              
 2008 06 22 07:22: 6.66  -8.865  157.804 PDE|  5.0 5.8 7.3  17 |7.76 52  80 -0.93 13 331 -6.82 33 231|278 17   35 154 80  104| 76 GS              
 2008 09 09 12:22:49.07  -9.272  158.261 PDE| 16.0 5.9 8.2  17 |6.08 30 136  3.27 59 322 -9.36  2 227|276 67   20 178 71  156| 30 GS              
 2008 11 21 07:05:34.94  -8.947  159.553 PDE|115.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.61 76 180 -0.38  9 316 -1.23  8  48|310 55   78 150 37  106| 53 GS              
 2008 12 23 11:15:18.47  -6.366  154.943 PDE| 32.0 5.8 5.4  17 |5.08 82 337  0.52  7 137 -5.61  2 228|326 43  100 132 48   80| 81 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 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 10 09 22:49:54.09  -9.027  157.959 PDE|  6.0 5.6 3.2  17 |2.06 46  81  1.65 17 331 -3.70 38 226|256 18   14 153 86  108| 11 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              

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