Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 5.6 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 18:51:27 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 01 01 18:54:59.01 -5.878 146.884 PDE| 35.0 6.1 2.0 18 |1.91 81 341 0.15 5 108 -2.06 6 199|295 38 98 105 52 83| 85 GS 2008 01 24 22:29:53.06 -6.026 146.619 PDE| 31.0 5.7 5.0 17 |4.90 38 27 0.20 39 256 -5.10 26 141|180 40 11 82 83 130| 92 GS 2008 02 03 17:10:25.19 -6.065 149.873 PDE| 30.0 5.3 9.7 16 |1.10 74 7 -0.35 3 110 -0.75 15 202|298 30 98 109 61 86| 36 GS 2008 06 19 00:36:45.70 -4.932 151.754 PDE|110.0 5.5 1.9 17 |1.76 60 264 0.26 9 12 -2.02 27 107| 9 73 80 220 20 119| 74 GS 2008 06 25 15:41:28.00 -5.266 151.690 PDE| 41.0 5.7 4.7 17 |5.29 83 10 -1.50 2 256 -3.79 5 165|253 39 86 78 51 93| 43 GS 2008 07 20 21:13:36.34 -3.792 150.896 PDE| 4.0 5.5 1.9 17 |1.65 11 349 0.44 78 178 -2.08 1 80|125 81 7 34 83 171| 58 GS 2008 07 25 20:11: 7.50 -5.808 146.658 PDE| 31.0 5.3 1.3 17 |1.12 83 51 0.36 3 285 -1.48 5 195|281 40 84 109 50 95| 51 GS 2008 08 04 15:16:53.19 -5.060 151.796 PDE| 42.0 5.5 2.1 17 |2.27 81 18 -0.45 5 248 -1.83 6 158|242 39 81 73 52 97| 60 GS 2008 08 30 06:54: 7.61 -6.146 147.258 PDE| 75.0 6.3 3.2 18 |3.51 42 10 -0.65 44 217 -2.86 13 113| 56 72 137 162 50 24| 63 GS 2008 10 18 00:54:39.65 -6.951 147.269 PDE| 75.0 5.6 3.7 17 |3.77 14 186 -0.15 12 279 -3.62 70 49|107 61 -75 258 32 -115| 92 GS 2008 10 28 16:00: 3.24 -3.494 145.867 PDE| 12.0 5.9 1.0 18 |0.85 9 309 0.34 78 169 -1.18 7 41| 86 78 1 355 89 168| 42 GS 2008 11 01 01:13: 9.64 -3.399 148.712 PDE| 1.0 5.9 8.8 17 |8.36 23 339 0.87 49 100 -9.23 30 234| 20 50 -174 286 85 -40| 81 GS 2009 01 22 13:40:25.99 -5.912 148.511 PDE| 42.0 6.1 1.5 18 |1.58 81 26 -0.28 4 260 -1.30 6 170|255 38 82 85 52 96| 65 GS 2009 02 08 15:34:37.22 -6.116 147.824 PDE| 35.0 5.5 2.3 17 |2.15 81 25 0.18 2 281 -2.33 8 191|279 37 86 103 54 93| 85 GS 2009 03 03 01:19:38.45 -3.763 151.242 PDE| 11.0 5.3 1.1 17 |0.81 8 167 0.43 80 2 -1.24 2 258|213 85 172 303 82 5| 31 GS 2009 03 24 23:28:28.05 -5.141 151.823 PDE| 36.0 5.8 7.2 17 |6.93 80 336 0.47 1 78 -7.41 8 168| 77 54 88 261 36 93| 87 GS 2009 04 01 03:54:58.77 -3.522 144.102 PDE| 11.0 6.3 3.2 18 |2.85 18 313 0.64 65 173 -3.49 14 48| 1 87 156 92 66 3| 63 GS 2009 05 05 22:26: 7.34 -4.787 151.772 PDE| 97.0 5.4 1.4 17 |1.39 53 208 -0.05 4 304 -1.35 36 37|303 81 86 150 10 116| 93 GS 2009 05 12 01:26:26.58 -5.664 149.543 PDE| 84.0 6.1 1.5 18 |1.40 39 149 0.18 12 49 -1.58 47 304|300 13 -18 48 86 -103| 77 GS 2009 07 15 20:10:42.66 -3.375 150.506 PDE| 6.0 6.0 1.4 18 |1.38 17 331 0.14 68 115 -1.51 11 237| 14 69 176 105 86 21| 81 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver