Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 5.0 SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS
Sunday, January 01, 2012 at 11:59:05 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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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
2005 05 29 21:44:27.28 -30.106 -178.012 PDE| 32.0 5.8 7.4 17 |7.87 77 267 -0.91 10 45 -6.96 9 136|238 37 106 38 54 78| 77 GS
2005 07 23 08:51:43.57 -30.254 -178.068 PDE| 36.0 6.0 1.3 18 |1.34 80 248 0.02 4 2 -1.36 9 93|188 36 97 359 54 85| 97 GS
2005 11 02 03:09:18.11 -30.390 -178.169 PDE| 36.0 5.7 5.3 17 |5.42 76 296 -0.19 7 175 -5.23 12 84|164 34 77 0 58 99| 93 GS
2005 12 07 23:32:51.55 -30.012 -177.637 PDE| 22.0 6.3 3.3 18 |3.21 79 29 0.16 5 144 -3.36 10 235|331 35 98 141 55 84| 90 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
2007 05 17 19:29:10.25 -30.658 -178.202 PDE| 29.0 5.9 8.9 17 |9.14 74 287 -0.42 1 192 -8.72 16 102|189 29 87 13 61 92| 91 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 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 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 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 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 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
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
