Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 5.4 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 19:05:18 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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 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              
 2007 07 17 09:39:27.81 -26.206 -177.744 PDE|  9.0 6.0 1.4  18 |1.57  2 126 -0.27 81  22 -1.29  9 216|261 82   -5 351 85 -172| 66 GS              
 2007 07 18 00:07:35.46 -26.295 -177.738 PDE|  6.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.09  9 112  0.03 33  17 -1.12 56 215|235 46  -41 356 61 -128| 95 GS              
 2007 11 20 15:28:24.89 -29.987 -177.942 PDE| 35.0 5.8 6.5  17 |6.14 83 277  0.73  1  21 -6.87  6 111| 20 52   88 203 38   93| 79 GS              
 2007 12 09 07:28:20.82 -25.996 -177.514 PDE|180.0 7.7 4.2  20 |3.77 60 167  0.83  0 258 -4.60 29 348| 80 16   92 258 74   90| 64 GS              
 2008 03 18 08:22:47.07 -29.252 -177.440 PDE| 26.0 6.1 1.7  18 |1.51 76 284  0.36  3  29 -1.87 13 120| 27 58   86 215 32   97| 61 GS              
 2008 09 01 04:00:39.43 -25.387 -177.636 PDE|164.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.10 44 119  0.27 14 223 -1.37 42 326|130 14  177 223 89   76| 61 GS              
 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 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              
 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 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 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 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 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              
 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              
 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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