Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 4.9 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 11:16:24 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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 1993 06 18 11:52:51.68 -29.053 -176.753 PDE|  5.0 6.5 7.6  18 |7.28 56 232  0.62 22 359 -7.90 25 100|228 28  142 352 73   67| 84 GS              
 1993 06 18 17:57:46.61 -28.678 -176.893 PDE| 28.0 6.7 1.2  19 |1.16 59 168  0.04 28 322 -1.19 12  58|180 42  136 306 62   57| 93 GS              
 1995 12 25 03:06:31.95 -28.148 -176.794 PDE|  7.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.30 47 303 -0.14  1 212 -1.17 43 120|183  3   61  32 88   91| 78 GS              
 1997 09 25 23:26:53.35 -27.092 -176.779 PDE| 26.0 5.4 1.6  17 |1.60  3 308  0.05 34 216 -1.65 55  43| 69 52  -44 190 57 -132| 94 GS              
 1999 12 25 18:38:50.59 -27.992 -176.792 PDE| 13.0 5.7 4.6  17 |4.93 64 344 -0.59 22 195 -4.34 12 100|163 39   52  28 60  116| 76 GS              
 2000 01 20 00:59:23.71 -28.227 -176.563 PDE|  4.0 5.8 6.2  17 |6.30 44 264 -0.29 15   9 -6.02 42 113|276 15  177   9 89   75| 91 GS              
 2000 03 29 07:13:53.01 -28.127 -176.309 PDE| 14.0 5.7 4.6  17 |4.41 60 275  0.38 14  30 -4.79 26 127|247 22  129  26 73   75| 84 GS              
 2000 07 31 23:01:49.32 -29.279 -176.350 PDE|  3.0 6.2 2.3  18 |2.52 16 111 -0.41 15 206 -2.11 68 336|181 32 -119  34 63  -73| 67 GS              
 2001 04 07 23:17:37.92 -27.554 -176.336 PDE| 34.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.31 53 275 -0.30  9  17 -1.00 35 114|242 13  136  16 81   81| 54 GS              
 2001 11 22 04:17:26.64 -31.068 -176.724 PDE| 29.0 5.8 6.3  17 |5.84 47  62  1.00 39 214 -6.83 14 316| 86 46  152 197 70   47| 71 GS              
 2002 09 23 22:07:45.24 -27.202 -176.626 PDE|  4.0 5.6 3.4  17 |3.41 45 283  0.01 17  31 -3.42 40 136|291 17  170  30 87   73| 99 GS              
 2002 10 30 16:26:34.18 -25.321 -175.638 PDE|  7.0 5.5 2.6  17 |2.80 33 287 -0.34  2 196 -2.46 57 103| 24 12  -82 196 78  -92| 76 GS              
 2005 01 16 08:25: 4.47 -25.528 -176.299 PDE| 20.0 6.2 2.2  18 |2.06 40 308  0.29 50 121 -2.35  3 216|344 60  152  89 66   33| 75 GS              
 2005 06 20 02:44:54.23 -26.718 -176.174 PDE| 17.0 5.6 2.9  17 |2.92 72 316 -0.05  5 211 -2.87 17 119|202 28   80  33 62   95| 97 GS              
 2005 07 11 16:06:25.12 -26.872 -176.524 PDE| 10.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.20 49 306  0.19 39 145 -3.39 10  47|100 49   33 347 66  134| 89 GS              
 2005 07 11 23:06: 1.74 -27.001 -176.322 PDE|  6.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.10 50 334  0.04 28 204 -1.14 25  99|145 32   27  31 76  119| 93 GS              
 2006 03 31 13:21: 0.25 -29.435 -176.768 PDE|  7.0 6.5 6.6  18 |6.10 66 329  0.99  4 229 -7.10 23 137|218 22   78  51 68   95| 72 GS              
 2006 09 19 13:29:54.31 -26.151 -175.603 PDE| 19.0 5.7 3.9  17 |3.84 14 255  0.17  9 347 -4.01 73 108|332 32 -107 172 60  -80| 92 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 02 18 21:53:45.16 -27.424 -176.330 PDE| 39.0 6.9 2.8  19 |3.04 37 262 -0.62 46  46 -2.43 18 157|293 49  164  34 78   42| 59 GS              

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