Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 4.8 FIJI
Thursday, September 06, 2012 at 01:48:59 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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 1993 03 03 23:14:25.91 -13.342  175.009 PDE| 12.0 5.9 8.0  17 |8.08 43 166 -0.25 30 288 -7.84 33  39|184 30  168 285 84   60| 94 GS              
 1995 04 30 02:55:40.21 -16.778  176.985 PDE| 20.0 5.9 7.5  17 |7.55 12 302  0.01 78 140 -7.56  4  33| 78 79    6 347 84  169|100 GS              
 1996 06 18 13:55:34.21 -16.073  178.118 PDE|  4.0 5.9 8.9  17 |9.05  9 116 -0.21 14 208 -8.84 73 354|189 38 -113  38 56  -73| 95 GS              
 1996 12 27 02:49:47.23 -16.071  178.144 PDE| 32.0 5.4 1.5  17 |1.44  5 317  0.13 85 148 -1.57  1  47| 92 86    3   2 87  176| 83 GS              
 2000 06 14 23:01:14.55 -17.902  176.212 PDE| 26.0 5.9 8.9  17 |8.70  3 263  0.44 84 146 -9.14  5 353| 38 84   -2 128 88 -174| 90 GS              
 2000 09 14 14:59:57.67 -15.742  179.801 PDE| 23.0 6.2 2.5  18 |2.69 10 293 -0.34 80 126 -2.35  2  23| 68 82    5 337 85  172| 75 GS              
 2001 01 09 07:52: 3.64 -18.491  176.054 PDE|  4.0 5.5 2.0  17 |1.95  4 260  0.00 51 355 -1.95 39 167|311 60 -153 207 67  -32|100 GS              
 2001 02 14 14:04:25.61 -19.494  177.330 PDE| 28.0 6.1 1.7  18 |1.71 10 280  0.00 78 135 -1.71  7  11| 56 78    2 325 88  168|100 GS              
 2001 09 03 21:10:45.70 -16.284  178.158 PDE| 25.0 5.8 5.4  17 |5.39 11 290 -0.05 76 147 -5.34  8  22| 66 77    2 336 88  167| 98 GS              
 2001 09 05 04:53:43.37 -16.244  177.998 PDE| 25.0 5.9 7.7  17 |7.91 15 309 -0.37 72 160 -7.55  9  41| 86 73    5 354 85  163| 91 GS              
 2001 11 22 23:22:20.44 -16.255  178.019 PDE| 21.0 6.3 3.7  18 |3.96 16 299 -0.45 73 145 -3.51  7  31| 76 74    6 344 84  163| 77 GS              
 2001 11 22 23:24:47.74 -16.242  178.054 PDE| 21.0 6.2 2.2  18 |2.28 10 312 -0.09 80 150 -2.20  3  42| 87 81    5 357 86  171| 92 GS              
 2005 03 31 01:39: 6.07 -18.545  176.013 PDE| 12.0 5.7 4.4  17 |4.35  2 322  0.05  2 232 -4.39 87  97| 54 43  -87 230 47  -92| 98 GS              
 2005 03 31 01:46:17.76 -18.448  175.990 PDE|  6.0 5.9 8.8  17 |0.72  4 266  0.32  2 175 -1.04 85  57|358 41  -87 174 49  -93| 38 GS              
 2006 04 07 08:30:44.63 -16.527  176.989 PDE| 17.0 6.4 5.3  18 |5.09 10 318  0.34 77 179 -5.43  8  49| 93 77    1   3 89  167| 87 GS              
 2007 03 30 15:58:44.13 -14.624  177.766 PDE|  6.0 5.7 3.8  17 |3.80  7 350  0.00 15 258 -3.80 73 106| 97 40  -67 247 54 -108|100 GS              
 2008 08 02 15:34:22.76 -16.314  178.163 PDE| 19.0 5.5 2.6  17 |2.53  7 307  0.10 79 171 -2.62  7  38|353 90  170  83 80    0| 92 GS              
 2008 12 25 00:10:47.77 -18.339  176.779 PDE|  5.0 5.5 2.0  17 |2.02 34 253 -0.13 55  80 -1.88  3 345|294 69  152  35 64   23| 87 GS              
 2009 02 11 13:52:41.98 -16.221  178.329 PDE|  6.0 5.6 3.0  17 |3.09 23 299 -0.29 61  83 -2.80 14 202|340 62  173  73 84   28| 81 GS              
 2009 11 09 10:44:55.11 -17.239  178.331 PDE|620.0 7.2 8.8  19 |8.67 55   6  0.26 30 219 -8.93 15 119| 54 67  123 174 40   38| 94 GS              

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