Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 4.8 FIJI REGION
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 17:05:07 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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 2008 12 17 10:55:59.70 -17.744 -178.371 PDE|533.0 5.8 7.1  17 |7.20 30 150 -0.18 22  46 -7.01 51 286|287 25  -27  42 79 -113| 95 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              
 2009 01 26 11:54:39.60 -17.796 -178.591 PDE|601.0 5.8 6.1  17 |5.19 19 349  1.57 42  98 -6.77 41 241| 35 45 -160 291 76  -46| 54 GS              
 2009 01 27 06:29:13.00 -17.837 -178.677 PDE|601.0 5.8 6.7  17 |6.68 10 347  0.01 54  92 -6.69 33 249| 34 59 -163 294 75  -32|100 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 02 20 01:46:17.93 -18.365 -178.749 PDE|514.0 5.6 2.8  17 |2.76 22 334  0.00 24  75 -2.75 55 207| 27 31 -143 264 72  -64|100 GS              
 2009 03 05 19:33:14.88 -17.512 -179.056 PDE|552.0 5.8 6.2  17 |6.51 32 344 -0.76 53 135 -5.75 13 245|118 78   34  20 57  165| 77 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 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 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 16 22:03: 9.24 -17.936 -179.399 PDE|631.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.44 20 172  0.01 40  64 -2.46 43 282|308 43  -20  53 76 -132| 99 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 11 12 02:13:37.58 -20.979 -178.662 PDE|565.0 5.8 5.9  17 |5.75 32 150  0.23 20  46 -5.98 49 289|291 23  -23  43 81 -111| 92 GS              
 2009 11 22 07:48:20.61 -17.794 -178.425 PDE|536.0 6.4 4.3  18 |4.25 28 156  0.08 25  51 -4.33 50 287|293 29  -26  46 78 -116| 96 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              
 2009 12 26 21:23:27.30 -17.299 -176.941 PDE| 17.0 5.5 2.1  17 |1.85 12 280  0.40 75  74 -2.25  6 189| 55 85   13 324 77  175| 64 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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