Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 5.6 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 04:28:14 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009 07 29 21:33: 5.74 -5.133 152.629 PDE| 23.0 5.3 1.3 17 |1.52 57 353 -0.44 22 122 -1.08 22 222|348 30 139 115 71 66| 42 GS 2009 08 09 07:08:59.83 -4.620 153.187 PDE| 49.0 5.5 1.9 17 |1.72 52 62 0.27 32 208 -1.99 16 309| 77 40 146 194 69 55| 73 GS 2009 12 14 08:54: 1.82 -5.958 154.444 PDE| 40.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.23 81 259 -0.07 6 115 -1.16 5 25|301 50 99 108 40 79| 89 GS 2010 02 01 22:28:16.92 -6.112 154.463 PDE| 33.0 6.1 1.9 18 |1.73 85 5 0.37 1 119 -2.10 3 209|301 41 93 118 49 88| 65 GS 2010 02 10 07:18:29.35 -7.048 154.855 PDE| 5.0 5.5 2.5 17 |2.34 51 9 0.33 15 119 -2.68 34 220|359 18 150 117 81 74| 75 GS 2010 03 20 14:00:49.98 -3.361 152.245 PDE|404.0 6.5 8.3 18 |7.87 13 326 0.79 10 58 -8.67 72 185|245 60 -78 42 33 -110| 82 GS 2010 04 11 08:45:12.28 -5.196 152.429 PDE| 41.0 5.4 1.6 17 |1.73 60 332 -0.28 24 188 -1.45 15 91| 21 65 117 151 37 46| 68 GS 2010 06 02 09:28:53.25 -6.159 149.413 PDE| 34.0 5.8 7.4 17 |7.50 82 335 -0.10 0 70 -7.40 7 160| 70 52 89 251 38 91| 97 GS 2010 06 24 05:32:27.40 -5.514 151.161 PDE| 42.0 6.1 2.0 18 |1.98 83 352 0.13 1 92 -2.10 6 182| 92 51 89 274 39 92| 88 GS 2010 07 07 06:50:40.97 -6.169 154.424 PDE| 21.0 5.7 5.1 17 |4.12 82 59 1.64 2 311 -5.76 7 220|308 37 86 133 53 93| 43 GS 2010 07 18 13:04: 9.41 -5.966 150.428 PDE| 34.0 6.8 2.3 19 |1.77 84 80 0.88 2 196 -2.64 5 286| 20 40 94 195 50 87| 33 GS 2010 08 15 15:09:29.24 -5.692 148.342 PDE|166.0 6.3 3.0 18 |3.21 60 34 -0.44 13 278 -2.77 25 181|244 23 53 103 71 105| 73 GS 2010 08 20 17:56:14.15 -6.570 154.246 PDE| | 60 55 30 235|145 75 90 325 15 90| GS 2010 09 23 12:53: 8.54 -5.826 151.544 PDE| 8.0 5.5 2.3 17 |1.99 79 315 0.47 5 69 -2.46 10 160| 66 55 84 256 35 98| 62 GS 2010 10 28 03:17:24.76 -5.510 153.744 PDE| 33.0 5.6 3.0 17 |2.52 31 131 0.76 38 13 -3.28 37 248|277 38 -5 11 87 -128| 54 GS 2010 10 31 16:38:49.49 -6.385 150.161 PDE| 7.0 5.7 4.3 17 |4.62 23 176 -0.61 5 268 -4.02 66 9| 90 68 -85 256 22 -103| 74 GS 2010 11 01 05:16:34.40 -6.370 150.220 PDE| 7.0 5.5 2.0 17 |1.63 35 45 0.65 42 276 -2.28 28 157|100 86 132 194 42 6| 43 GS 2010 11 02 06:39:55.06 -5.355 151.556 PDE| 35.0 5.7 3.9 17 |4.25 64 14 -0.71 24 215 -3.53 8 121|186 42 53 52 58 119| 67 GS 2010 11 11 20:29:57.73 -6.276 154.740 PDE| 36.0 5.5 2.5 17 |2.65 85 295 -0.37 5 109 -2.27 1 199|293 45 97 104 46 83| 72 GS 2010 11 23 09:01: 6.86 -5.959 148.966 PDE| 68.0 6.1 1.7 18 |1.61 78 43 0.10 11 203 -1.70 4 294|194 50 76 35 42 106| 88 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver