Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 5.6 EAST OF NORTH ISLAND, N.Z.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 13:36:36 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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 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 05 30 21:11:25.39 -31.052 -177.117 PDE| 12.0 5.7 3.9  17 |3.72  2 262  0.44  6 352 -4.16 84 154|346 43  -98 177 47  -82| 79 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 01 22 11:27:43.16 -31.610 -177.929 PDE|  7.0 5.7 4.0  17 |4.12 46 335 -0.24 31 206 -3.88 28  97|138 33   19  32 80  122| 88 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              
 2006 05 16 10:39:23.34 -31.810 -179.307 PDE|152.0 7.4 1.6  20 |1.53 75 289  0.20  2 192 -1.73 15 101|189 30   86  13 60   92| 77 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              
 2008 07 16 17:09:19.07 -31.131 -178.506 PDE| 95.0 5.5 2.6  17 |2.06 26 313  0.85 36 201 -2.91 41  70|195 81 -127  93 38  -14| 42 GS              
 2008 12 09 06:23:59.75 -31.232 -176.924 PDE| 41.0 6.6 9.1  18 |7.86  1 258  2.13  0 168 -9.98 88  48|167 46  -91 349 44  -89| 57 GS              
 2009 05 16 00:53:51.25 -31.553 -178.833 PDE| 45.0 6.3 4.0  18 |4.56 66 283 -1.93  2  20 -2.63 23 111| 19 69   87 207 21   98| 15 GS              
 2009 05 24 00:58: 2.11 -31.475 -177.683 PDE|  4.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.00 56 270  0.12  6  11 -1.13 32 105| 10 78   83 220 14  120| 79 GS              
 2009 12 16 12:36:38.54 -31.590 -177.840 PDE| 10.0 5.5 2.2  17 |1.73 31 313  0.71 16 212 -2.43 53  98|209 78 -107  86 21  -34| 42 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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