Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 4.9 OFF W. COAST OF S. ISLAND, N.Z.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 12:46:48 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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2003 09 04 08:40:44.37 -45.194 167.108 PDE| 18.0 5.4 1.8 17 |1.90 71 298 -0.14 9 180 -1.76 17 87|163 30 71 5 62 101| 85 GS
2003 09 30 19:37:50.22 -45.486 167.045 PDE| 6.0 5.6 3.0 17 |2.88 9 345 0.19 27 80 -3.06 61 239| 47 43 -132 278 59 -58| 88 GS
2003 11 02 05:32:15.72 -45.190 166.535 PDE| 17.0 6.4 4.9 18 |4.91 36 55 0.04 49 203 -4.95 16 313| 88 52 164 188 77 39| 98 GS
2004 07 01 04:39:37.51 -49.581 163.669 PDE| 21.0 6.0 1.4 18 |1.48 17 350 -0.20 73 157 -1.28 4 259| 33 75 171 126 81 15| 73 GS
2004 11 22 20:26:23.90 -46.676 164.721 PDE| 23.0 7.0 3.4 19 |3.44 78 57 0.01 12 232 -3.45 1 322| 64 45 107 221 47 73| 99 GS
2005 10 17 07:12:43.11 -49.518 164.189 PDE| 9.0 5.6 3.3 17 |3.36 43 359 -0.03 46 164 -3.32 7 262| 31 55 152 138 67 38| 98 GS
2006 10 16 00:35:33.13 -50.778 162.161 PDE| 17.0 5.8 7.1 17 |6.57 10 341 0.97 80 150 -7.54 2 251| 26 82 174 117 84 8| 74 GS
2006 11 15 00:53:25.12 -50.599 162.328 PDE| 14.0 5.5 2.5 17 |2.56 17 354 -0.04 72 157 -2.52 5 262| 37 74 171 129 81 16| 97 GS
2006 12 03 10:53:43.81 -50.703 162.564 PDE| 18.0 5.6 3.2 17 |3.09 13 352 0.22 76 192 -3.31 5 83|128 78 6 36 84 168| 87 GS
2007 09 30 05:23:34.07 -49.271 164.115 PDE| 35.0 6.9 3.1 19 |2.93 72 246 0.25 10 13 -3.19 13 105| 7 60 78 210 33 110| 84 GS
2007 09 30 09:47:51.97 -49.138 164.110 PDE| 10.0 6.5 7.6 18 |7.96 43 351 -0.77 42 141 -7.20 15 246|125 73 45 19 47 156| 81 GS
2007 10 11 16:25: 5.85 -49.052 164.310 PDE| 4.0 5.6 2.8 17 |3.00 59 110 -0.37 4 13 -2.63 30 281|359 15 75 195 75 94| 75 GS
2007 10 15 12:29:34.86 -44.796 167.553 PDE| 24.0 6.7 1.4 19 |0.92 79 243 0.71 8 28 -1.63 5 119| 22 52 79 219 40 103| 13 GS
2007 10 15 21:28:23.68 -44.793 167.458 PDE| 16.0 6.0 1.4 18 |1.13 46 202 0.39 42 37 -1.52 7 300|353 53 32 242 65 138| 49 GS
2008 01 20 18:41:47.50 -44.920 166.980 PDE| 19.0 5.4 1.6 17 |1.33 63 128 0.52 8 20 -1.85 24 286|358 21 66 204 70 99| 44 GS
2008 04 26 23:34:49.39 -49.091 164.117 PDE| 4.0 6.1 2.0 18 |2.26 44 118 -0.50 19 228 -1.76 39 335|130 20 172 228 87 71| 56 GS
2009 07 16 22:18:23.48 -46.196 166.130 PDE| 20.0 5.6 2.9 17 |2.17 59 37 1.16 14 154 -3.33 25 251| 12 23 130 150 72 74| 30 GS
2009 08 05 08:31:40.48 -45.554 166.356 PDE| 14.0 6.0 1.1 18 |0.74 67 57 0.58 14 185 -1.31 17 279| 31 31 119 178 64 74| 11 GS
2010 01 06 09:48:46.45 -49.789 164.192 PDE| 4.0 5.7 4.7 17 |4.77 41 357 -0.12 45 151 -4.65 13 255|132 72 41 27 51 156| 95 GS
2010 03 18 06:28:50.29 -48.733 164.672 PDE| 14.0 5.5 2.6 17 |2.86 64 39 -0.55 19 176 -2.31 16 272| 28 33 127 167 64 69| 62 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
