Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 4.8 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Wednesday, November 09, 2011 at 21:07:35 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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 2008 09 29 15:19:31.59 -29.756 -177.683 PDE| 58.0 6.9 2.7  19 |3.00 75 270 -0.90  4  16 -2.11 14 107| 14 59   85 204 31   98| 40 GS              
 2008 10 02 13:03: 8.75 -30.781 -178.133 PDE| 62.0 5.4 1.6  17 |1.66 31 267 -0.17  3 175 -1.49 58  80|175 76  -93   9 14  -77| 80 GS              
 2008 10 05 09:12:36.07 -30.184 -177.176 PDE|  8.0 6.1 2.0  18 |2.24 55 248 -0.77 18   6 -1.47 28 107|  2 76   71 237 24  142| 31 GS              
 2008 11 25 01:36:30.64 -30.244 -177.876 PDE| 32.0 5.5 2.0  17 |2.10 77 343 -0.27  9 206 -1.84  8 115| 34 54  101 195 37   75| 74 GS              
 2008 12 18 20:57:39.45 -23.495 -179.996 PDE|541.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.16 42  94  0.89 13 197 -2.04 44 301|113 14 -174  17 89  -76| 13 GS              
 2008 12 31 14:02:27.44 -25.378 -177.612 PDE|149.0 5.3 1.2  17 |1.30 22 122 -0.11  5 215 -1.19 66 318|202 23 -104  37 68  -84| 83 GS              
 2009 01 18 14:11:48.86 -30.199 -177.951 PDE| 35.0 6.3 3.2  18 |3.29 83 283 -0.19  2  33 -3.10  6 124| 32 52   87 217 39   94| 88 GS              
 2009 02 13 02:17:50.02 -30.712 -178.200 PDE| 34.0 5.2 7.9  16 |8.01 87  54 -0.15  1 203 -7.87  1 293| 26 44   93 202 46   88| 96 GS              
 2009 02 17 03:30:53.33 -30.724 -178.617 PDE| 10.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.25 71 153 -0.37 15   7 -0.88  9 274|346 38   64 198 57  109| 41 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              
 2009 03 19 18:17:40.47 -23.043 -174.660 PDE|                  |     59 168                    15 284|215 65  120 341 38   43|    GS              
 2009 04 26 00:06:53.15 -30.300 -178.582 PDE|143.0 6.1 1.7  18 |1.72 48 281  0.00  2  14 -1.73 41 106| 14 86   88 225  4  120|100 GS              
 2009 07 25 19:03:20.91 -29.774 -177.693 PDE| 33.0 5.6 2.7  17 |2.82 85 282 -0.16  0  13 -2.66  4 103| 13 50   90 193 40   90| 89 GS              
 2009 08 18 21:20:47.55 -26.064 -178.391 PDE|269.0 6.2 2.3  18 |2.17 12  99  0.30 46 202 -2.46 41 358|148 52 -156  43 72  -40| 76 GS              
 2009 09 02 18:00: 9.33 -29.395 -178.956 PDE|252.0 6.2 2.3  18 |2.25  1 296  0.03 29 206 -2.29 60  28| 53 51  -51 181 53 -128| 97 GS              
 2009 10 25 07:53:52.15 -23.091 -179.205 PDE|410.0 5.9 9.8  17 |0.78 56 357  0.32 30 205 -1.10 13 107| 42 65  124 164 41   40| 42 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 11 28 09:21:17.98 -29.216 -177.018 PDE| 28.0 5.9 7.9  17 |7.05 84 106  1.47  5 295 -8.52  0 205|289 44   82 121 46   98| 65 GS              
 2010 02 07 22:28:20.66 -23.319 -179.877 PDE|545.0 5.8 7.4  17 |6.01 36  23  2.30 32 140 -8.30 37 259|321 89  -58  52 32 -179| 45 GS              
 2010 02 17 19:38: 6.35 -29.756 -177.836 PDE| 35.0 5.9 7.6  17 |6.95 72 350  1.23 15 198 -8.16  7 106| 30 55  110 178 40   64| 70 GS              

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