Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 6.3 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 00:52:06 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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 1994 10 27 22:20:28.54 -25.778  179.339 PDE|540.0 6.6 1.0  19 |1.00 47  81  0.02 26 203 -1.02 31 310| 91 28  160 198 81   64| 96 GS              
 1997 09 04 04:23:37.03 -26.569  178.336 PDE|611.0 6.8 2.0  19 |1.57 31 105  0.79  7 199 -2.36 58 300|174 15 -116  21 76  -83| 33 GS              
 1998 01 27 21:05:44.36 -22.411  179.035 PDE|608.0 6.4 5.5  18 |5.99  7  34 -0.93 11 302 -5.05 77 156|136 39  -72 294 53 -104| 69 GS              
 1999 04 09 12:16: 1.89 -26.354  178.221 PDE|615.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.52 28  79  0.05 49 205 -1.58 28 333|116 49 -180  26 90  -41| 94 GS              
 1999 07 18 10:34: 3.22 -22.546  179.412 PDE|568.0 5.9 9.8  17 |1.17 23 276 -0.38 55  42 -0.79 25 174|316 55 -178 225 88  -35| 35 GS              
 1999 12 10 03:34:45.07 -22.303  179.613 PDE|592.0 5.6 3.1  17 |3.23 13 192 -0.33 30  94 -2.89 57 303|316 41  -40  78 65 -124| 80 GS              
 2000 06 14 02:15:25.84 -25.516  178.046 PDE|606.0 6.4 4.4  18 |4.56 23  74 -0.35 26 176 -4.22 54 308|124 32 -146   4 73  -62| 85 GS              
 2001 08 15 15:08:19.97 -22.664  179.317 PDE|574.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.31 42 260  0.04 47  84 -2.35  2 352| 44 60   31 297 63  146| 97 GS              
 2002 06 30 21:29:36.30 -22.201  179.250 PDE|619.0 6.5 6.6  18 |6.36 18  47  0.53 30 148 -6.89 54 291|100 38 -145 341 69  -58| 85 GS              
 2002 08 19 11:08:24.31 -23.884  178.495 PDE|676.0 7.6 3.6  20 |3.59 48 149 -0.02  5 245 -3.57 42 340|126  6  151 245 87   85| 99 GS              
 2002 09 08 13:15:55.72 -22.836  178.933 PDE|608.0 5.9 9.8  17 |1.01 35 187 -0.07 30  73 -0.95 40 313|336 30   -6  71 87 -120| 86 GS              
 2002 12 10 04:27:54.60 -24.139  179.240 PDE|533.0 6.0 1.4  18 |1.36  6  47  0.00 10 138 -1.36 78 288|126 40 -106 327 52  -77|100 GS              
 2003 04 02 21:31:38.05 -25.124  179.896 PDE|495.0 5.7 4.7  17 |4.70 49  90  0.03 14 344 -4.73 38 243|277 15   22 165 84  104| 99 GS              
 2004 11 23 21:04:55.51 -24.294  178.990 PDE|553.0 5.8 6.0  17 |5.84 66  89  0.21 14 212 -6.05 20 307| 60 28  121 206 66   75| 93 GS              
 2005 05 20 12:40:42.41 -24.529  178.840 PDE|557.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.11 42 157  0.24 33  31 -1.36 30 279|316 34   13 216 83  124| 65 GS              
 2006 09 03 22:57:30.70 -24.046  178.817 PDE|560.0 5.9 9.7  17 |0.92 31 120  0.10  4 212 -1.02 59 308|198 15 -104  33 76  -86| 80 GS              
 2007 10 05 07:17:52.81 -25.189  179.459 PDE|519.0 6.4 5.2  18 |5.76 56  71 -1.48 29 221 -4.29 13 319|206 65   57  83 40  139| 49 GS              
 2007 10 16 21:05:43.27 -25.775  179.530 PDE|499.0 6.5 6.7  18 |6.73 48  78 -0.16 20 194 -6.57 33 298| 81 22  158 191 82   69| 95 GS              
 2007 11 11 07:37:35.41 -21.550  175.342 PDE| 18.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.45  8 251 -0.03 80  38 -2.42  5 160|296 80  178  26 88   10| 98 GS              
 2009 05 23 02:59:28.02 -24.381  178.846 PDE|553.0 5.5 2.0  17 |1.74 47 124  0.40  6  27 -2.14 41 291|321  7   23 208 87   97| 63 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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