Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 4.9 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 17:44:51 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
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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
2010 01 10 13:27:31.37 -6.075 147.500 PDE| 66.0 5.4 1.6 17 |1.61 55 36 -0.11 26 259 -1.49 20 159|212 34 37 90 70 118| 86 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 04 17 23:15:22.02 -6.669 147.291 PDE| 63.0 6.2 2.7 18 |2.20 86 79 0.85 3 280 -3.05 1 190|278 44 86 104 46 94| 44 GS
2010 04 22 18:32:19.54 -6.613 146.426 PDE|123.0 5.4 1.5 17 |1.61 11 198 -0.24 32 100 -1.37 55 305|322 44 -40 83 64 -126| 70 GS
2010 04 23 09:25:59.20 -6.701 147.340 PDE| 85.0 5.4 1.4 17 |1.35 85 224 0.08 2 343 -1.43 3 73|341 49 87 166 41 93| 89 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 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 04 07:15:33.51 -5.486 146.822 PDE|207.0 6.4 4.7 18 |4.84 57 61 -0.33 26 279 -4.51 16 180|237 37 42 112 67 119| 86 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 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 09 26 11:08:44.39 -5.573 146.462 PDE| 95.0 5.6 2.8 17 |1.82 83 284 1.41 6 143 -3.22 5 52|328 50 97 136 41 81| 12 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 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
