Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 5.3 EAST OF NORTH ISLAND, N.Z.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 06:11:27 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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 1998 04 10 16:43:41.35 -33.546 -179.543 PDE| 27.0 5.9 9.1  17 |1.01  7 260 -0.19 23 353 -0.82 66 155|326 44 -125 190 56  -61| 62 GS              
 1999 07 19 16:45: 3.01 -33.580 -176.705 PDE|  6.0 5.5 1.9  17 |1.85 29 277  0.04 20 176 -1.89 54  56| 49 24  -34 171 77 -111| 96 GS              
 1999 09 10 19:37:44.81 -32.831 -178.270 PDE|  4.0 5.9 9.7  17 |9.69 59 287 -0.05  2  20 -9.64 30 111|206 15   96  19 75   88| 99 GS              
 1999 10 30 21:16:40.58 -33.057 -179.540 PDE| 32.0 5.5 1.9  17 |2.11 72 294 -0.42 11 167 -1.69 14  75|150 33   70 354 60  103| 60 GS              
 2001 08 21 06:52: 6.25 -36.813 -179.575 PDE| 53.0 7.1 5.4  19 |5.29 82 217  0.21  8  22 -5.49  2 113|211 43  101  15 48   79| 92 GS              
 2001 11 27 00:53:46.19 -33.228 -178.573 PDE|  3.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.15 50 285  0.00  2  18 -1.14 40 110|222  6  115  17 85   88|100 GS              
 2001 11 30 18:02: 6.30 -33.248 -178.482 PDE|  4.0 5.7 4.1  17 |3.81 53 280  0.52  1  12 -4.33 37 103|201  8  100  12 82   89| 76 GS              
 2003 08 26 17:34:56.08 -33.113 -179.219 PDE| 40.0 5.5 2.5  17 |2.47 80 297 -0.01  4 179 -2.46  8  88|173 37   83   2 54   96| 99 GS              
 2003 12 25 14:21:14.94 -34.954 -178.249 PDE| 11.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.03 13  70  0.07 66 309 -1.10 20 165|207 66   -5 299 85 -156| 87 GS              
 2004 03 07 11:08: 1.34 -32.381 -178.191 PDE|  7.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.10 41 251  0.15 34  16 -1.25 31 130|274 34  169  12 84   56| 76 GS              
 2004 03 07 15:04:51.12 -32.527 -178.296 PDE|  7.0 5.8 5.6  17 |5.62 46 300 -0.01  9 201 -5.61 42 103|124  9   13  21 88   99|100 GS              
 2004 03 09 22:07:13.20 -32.559 -177.970 PDE| 11.0 5.7 4.6  17 |4.52 62 335  0.12 12 222 -4.64 25 127|193 23   59  46 71  102| 95 GS              
 2004 03 09 22:56:42.51 -32.265 -178.358 PDE|                  |     75 245                    15  65|335 60   90 155 30   90|    GS              
 2004 03 10 03:48:36.54 -32.343 -178.119 PDE| 15.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.33 80 316 -0.05  3 207 -2.27  9 117|203 36   85  30 54   94| 96 GS              
 2004 03 14 15:50:34.48 -32.285 -178.369 PDE|  6.0 5.6 3.1  17 |3.66 47 310 -1.14 15 203 -2.52 39 101|129 16   15  24 86  105| 38 GS              
 2004 05 24 19:10:10.53 -32.614 -178.254 PDE| 12.0 5.7 4.0  17 |3.99 53 264 -0.01 21  25 -3.98 29 127|260 25  148  20 77   69| 99 GS              
 2004 06 02 08:50:37.13 -32.875 -179.447 PDE| 36.0 6.2 2.3  18 |2.26 79 280  0.05  2 181 -2.31 11  90|178 34   87   2 56   92| 96 GS              
 2004 09 19 04:09:38.20 -32.742 -179.719 PDE|120.0 5.6 3.2  17 |3.02  6 102  0.39 30 196 -3.41 59   3|163 47 -133  37 57  -53| 77 GS              
 2005 05 16 03:54:14.62 -32.589 -179.353 PDE| 36.0 6.6 9.0  18 |8.95 77 256  0.01  3   1 -8.95 12  91|186 33   96 359 57   86|100 GS              
 2007 05 03 13:56:29.74 -34.115 -178.948 PDE|  8.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.13 55 283  0.29  0 193 -3.42 35 103|192 10   89  13 80   90| 83 GS              

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