Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 5.3 FIJI REGION
Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 06:40:53 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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 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              
 2002 04 20 15:59:57.86 -16.382  173.259 PDE|  6.0 5.9 8.5  17 |8.28  6  21  0.49 13 112 -8.78 76 267| 97 41 -110 303 52  -73| 89 GS              
 2003 11 14 04:28:33.30 -16.737  172.331 PDE|  5.0 5.9 1.0  18 |1.03  3 210 -0.03 26 301 -1.00 64 113|275 48 -126 142 53  -57| 94 GS              
 2004 10 12 15:29: 2.22 -17.080  174.474 PDE| 17.0 5.5 2.1  17 |2.01 12 310  0.25 74 172 -2.27 11  42| 86 74    1 356 89  164| 78 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              
 2005 06 02 02:11:14.58 -20.206  178.885 PDE| 11.0 5.5 2.6  17 |2.61 53 320  0.06 36 129 -2.67  5 223|345 51  140 104 60   47| 96 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              
 2006 03 19 04:36:52.93 -13.425  172.392 PDE|  5.0 5.8 6.4  17 |6.21 14  20  0.34 14 287 -6.55 70 154|128 33  -65 279 60 -106| 90 GS              
 2006 03 24 17:46:49.78 -16.885  174.504 PDE| 23.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.21 13 307  0.01 74 167 -1.23 10  40| 84 74    2 353 88  164| 98 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 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 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              
 2007 04 26 09:39:55.09 -18.095  172.933 PDE|  4.0 5.3 1.2  17 |1.24  7 147 -0.13  7 237 -1.11 80  10|229 38 -101  62 52  -82| 79 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 10 02 15:47: 9.35 -17.017  174.505 PDE|  6.0 5.8 7.4  17 |7.48 24 324 -0.23 63 121 -7.25  9 230|  5 66  168 100 79   25| 94 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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