Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 5.9 TONGA
Saturday, October 08, 2011 at 08:53:14 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
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2006 12 02 09:52:13.21 -17.774 -174.314 PDE|133.0 5.8 5.8 17 |4.86 21 360 1.78 55 236 -6.64 27 101|139 55 -4 231 87 -145| 46 GS
2006 12 17 12:51: 8.66 -21.258 -174.472 PDE| 10.0 5.7 4.2 17 |4.40 77 298 -0.40 0 207 -4.00 13 117|207 32 89 27 58 90| 82 GS
2007 02 05 09:55:51.10 -20.609 -175.650 PDE| 22.0 5.7 5.3 17 |5.34 10 264 -0.15 78 109 -5.18 5 354| 39 79 4 309 86 169| 94 GS
2007 05 27 18:12:34.77 -20.069 -174.519 PDE| 36.0 5.6 3.1 17 |3.19 65 116 -0.17 25 304 -3.02 3 212|279 47 56 144 53 122| 89 GS
2007 08 26 12:37:31.19 -17.457 -174.335 PDE| | 40 105 50 285| 15 85 -90 195 5 -90| GS
2007 08 27 17:11:59.63 -17.311 -172.249 PDE| | 25 300 65 120|210 70 -90 30 20 -90| GS
2008 04 15 17:24:56.48 -18.696 -175.959 PDE| 11.0 5.6 3.0 17 |2.81 21 232 0.32 61 96 -3.13 18 329|281 88 151 12 61 2| 80 GS
2008 06 26 21:19:15.58 -20.768 -173.342 PDE| 42.0 6.2 2.5 18 |2.33 68 38 0.30 18 188 -2.63 9 281| 33 39 121 176 58 68| 77 GS
2008 10 09 17:49:58.60 -21.030 -174.420 PDE| 9.0 5.7 4.0 17 |4.24 73 273 -0.66 6 25 -3.59 14 116| 22 60 83 216 31 102| 69 GS
2008 10 19 05:10:33.91 -21.863 -173.819 PDE| 35.0 6.8 2.2 19 |2.21 77 37 -0.01 12 200 -2.20 3 290|190 50 74 34 43 108| 99 GS
2008 10 19 12:55: 5.69 -21.972 -173.700 PDE| 12.0 5.5 2.5 17 |2.80 11 307 -0.69 7 215 -2.12 76 91|210 57 -99 47 34 -76| 51 GS
2008 10 22 12:55:57.39 -18.414 -175.351 PDE|241.0 6.3 4.0 18 |4.01 27 127 0.04 9 32 -4.04 60 284|241 20 -60 30 73 -100| 98 GS
2008 11 05 03:41:43.22 -17.321 -174.362 PDE|178.0 5.7 3.8 17 |3.62 31 0 0.27 39 239 -3.89 34 115|238 89 -130 147 40 -2| 86 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 07 30 20:05:35.65 -20.849 -174.256 PDE| | 50 300 40 120| 30 85 90 210 5 90| 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 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
2010 02 13 02:34:28.86 -21.902 -174.767 PDE| 11.0 6.1 1.6 18 |1.30 67 255 0.47 18 35 -1.76 13 130| 25 61 69 243 35 123| 47 GS
2010 02 22 05:08:49.03 -21.511 -173.778 PDE| 29.0 5.7 3.9 17 |3.29 70 67 1.03 7 177 -4.31 18 269| 11 28 105 174 64 82| 52 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
