Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 5.7 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G.
Friday, May 20, 2011 at 19:43:15 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 06 18 06:18:45.68  -3.550  150.962 PDE| 16.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.36  2 178  0.35 88 343 -1.71  1  88|223 88  179 313 89    2| 59 GS              
 2007 07 23 00:08:32.57  -4.469  149.854 PDE|555.0 5.9 8.1  17 |8.92 22  73 -1.58 35 179 -7.34 47 317|119 38 -156  10 76  -54| 65 GS              
 2007 10 01 13:50:24.74  -3.158  148.223 PDE|  2.0 5.8 6.9  17 |7.08 47 335 -0.39 25  96 -6.70 31 203| 93 81   64 345 27  161| 89 GS              
 2007 11 22 08:48:27.53  -5.757  147.098 PDE| 74.0 6.7 1.5  19 |1.62 84 151 -0.21  3 280 -1.41  3  10|104 41   95 278 49   86| 74 GS              
 2007 12 03 21:52:45.58  -6.374  148.463 PDE| 30.0 5.7 4.9  17 |4.61 70  17  0.50  4 273 -5.11 18 181|264 27   79  96 63   95| 80 GS              
 2007 12 10 12:10: 7.25  -3.568  144.439 PDE|  7.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.22 31 278  0.21 54 127 -2.42 13  17|324 78  146  62 57   14| 83 GS              
 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 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 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 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 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              

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