Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 5.0 SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 at 02:53:07 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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 2005 04 11 17:08:53.94 -21.975  170.612 PDE| 73.0 6.7 1.5  19 |1.70 20 301 -0.32 44  52 -1.38 39 193|344 46 -164 243 79  -45| 62 GS              
 2005 04 14 22:09:30.26 -22.201  171.445 PDE|116.0 5.6 3.4  17 |4.20 62 328 -1.61 25 120 -2.59 12 215|334 40  132 105 61   61| 23 GS              
 2005 08 09 05:26:17.53 -20.942  173.825 PDE| 32.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.54  6  68  0.22 79 189 -1.76  9 337|112 79 -178  22 88  -11| 75 GS              
 2005 08 09 14:12:21.17 -21.097  173.874 PDE| 36.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.07  7  70  0.14 77 193 -1.21 11 339|115 77 -177  24 87  -13| 77 GS              
 2006 01 20 17:51:51.99 -22.399  173.967 PDE|  9.0 5.7 4.7  17 |4.69 47  28  0.02 33 162 -4.71 25 269| 45 36  157 153 77   57| 99 GS              
 2006 03 08 15:56:18.38 -22.348  171.514 PDE|110.0 5.2 9.2  16 |8.98 52 356  0.47 16 108 -9.45 33 208|343 19  147 105 80   74| 90 GS              
 2007 02 19 14:33:34.56 -20.206  173.088 PDE| 29.0 5.8 5.5  17 |5.49 13 240  0.01 72 103 -5.51 12 333| 16 72    1 286 89  162|100 GS              
 2007 06 28 18:50: 3.56 -22.299  171.544 PDE|102.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.57 55 294 -0.26 33  93 -2.31 10 190|313 45  140  74 63   52| 80 GS              
 2007 07 27 14:46:26.88 -21.459  170.939 PDE| 25.0 6.1 1.7  18 |1.79  8 287 -0.14 81 129 -1.65  3  18| 63 82    4 332 87  172| 84 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              
 2007 11 19 15:20: 3.70 -21.968  173.486 PDE|  6.0 5.9 7.9  17 |6.60  5 314  2.18 82 179 -8.79  5  45| 90 82    0 180 90 -172| 50 GS              
 2008 09 12 16:44:30.75 -21.682  170.471 PDE|103.0 5.8 5.6  17 |5.74 39 323 -0.20 38  94 -5.54 27 208| 89 83   51 350 39  168| 93 GS              
 2008 11 23 08:58:18.06 -22.434  171.322 PDE| 33.0 5.5 2.6  17 |2.62 27 316 -0.12 45  78 -2.50 31 207|261 87  -45 353 46 -176| 91 GS              
 2009 01 15 07:27:20.29 -22.352  170.635 PDE| 33.0 6.4 4.5  18 |4.64 75  39 -0.35  0 131 -4.29 14 221|313 31   91 131 59   89| 85 GS              
 2009 01 19 03:35:18.84 -22.596  170.911 PDE|  7.0 6.4 4.8  18 |5.51 59 359 -2.33 13 113 -3.17 26 210|331 22  129 110 73   76| 15 GS              
 2009 01 21 17:08:42.99 -22.689  171.043 PDE| 21.0 5.9 9.5  17 |8.90 74  26  1.08  1 292 -9.99 15 202|291 30   88 113 60   91| 78 GS              
 2009 06 09 05:11: 4.51 -22.685  171.469 PDE| 14.0 5.4 1.4  17 |1.23 72 344  0.30  6  93 -1.53 16 185| 91 62   83 285 29  103| 61 GS              
 2009 08 21 11:15:39.03 -22.539  171.239 PDE|  3.0 5.7 4.3  17 |4.60 54   7 -0.66  3 103 -3.94 34 195|304 11  111 102 80   86| 71 GS              
 2009 10 11 03:12:13.47 -22.000  170.248 PDE|  5.0 5.9 8.2  17 |8.07 13 335  0.33 62  92 -8.40 23 238| 19 63 -172 285 83  -27| 92 GS              
 2009 12 09 09:46: 3.30 -22.150  170.963 PDE| 46.0 6.4 5.3  18 |5.36 47 317 -0.04 41 122 -5.32  7 218|346 52  147  98 64   43| 99 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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