Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 5.5 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
Thursday, May 05, 2011 at 16:15:20 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 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 01 15 17:52:15.69 -21.984 -179.535 PDE|588.0 6.5 6.4  18 |6.29 45 100  0.27 10 201 -6.56 42 300|102 10  171 201 88   80| 92 GS              
 2008 02 01 12:10: 6.40 -21.495 -179.352 PDE|613.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.30 44 145  0.02  0  54 -1.32 45 323|288  1  -36  54 89  -91| 97 GS              
 2008 07 03 03:02:37.56 -23.370 -179.778 PDE|564.0 6.2 2.4  18 |2.76 24 356 -0.83 16 258 -1.92 59 139|253 72 -107 117 25  -49| 40 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 11 19 20:38:58.76 -22.168 -179.717 PDE|579.0 5.8 5.5  17 |5.44 58  98  0.16  5 198 -5.60 31 291| 40 15  113 197 76   84| 94 GS              
 2008 12 18 20:57:39.45 -23.495 -179.996 PDE|541.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.16 42  94  0.89 13 197 -2.04 44 301|113 14 -174  17 89  -76| 13 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 18 21:53:45.16 -27.424 -176.330 PDE| 39.0 6.9 2.8  19 |3.04 37 262 -0.62 46  46 -2.43 18 157|293 49  164  34 78   42| 59 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 06 07 12:46:30.27 -22.037 -179.583 PDE|590.0 5.5 2.0  17 |1.75 39 133  0.48  1 224 -2.23 50 317|204  6 -111  45 85  -88| 57 GS              
 2009 06 08 04:33:19.11 -22.234 -179.613 PDE|600.0 5.5 2.3  17 |1.72 30  63  0.88 30 174 -2.61 43 298|359 83  -59 100 32 -166| 33 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              
 2009 10 25 07:53:52.15 -23.091 -179.205 PDE|410.0 5.9 9.8  17 |0.78 56 357  0.32 30 205 -1.10 13 107| 42 65  124 164 41   40| 42 GS              
 2009 11 02 10:47:13.24 -24.121 -175.173 PDE|  4.0 6.2 2.2  18 |2.06 10 289  0.28  4  20 -2.34 78 134|204 56  -84  13 35  -99| 76 GS              
 2009 12 11 12:33:39.04 -21.056 -174.448 PDE| 11.0 5.6 2.8  17 |2.21 80  47  0.89  8 209 -3.09  2 299| 39 43  103 202 48   78| 42 GS              

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