Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 6.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 23:53:49 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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 2008 05 24 13:24: 5.95  -7.181  156.069 PDE| 29.0 5.8 6.2  17 |5.65 35 142  0.93 53 334 -6.58  5 236|286 61   23 184 70  149| 72 GS              
 2008 06 03 16:20:50.38 -10.509  161.273 PDE| 78.0 6.2 2.9  18 |2.67  1 118  0.36 10  28 -3.02 79 214| 18 47 -105 219 45  -75| 76 GS              
 2008 06 22 07:22: 6.66  -8.865  157.804 PDE|  5.0 5.8 7.3  17 |7.76 52  80 -0.93 13 331 -6.82 33 231|278 17   35 154 80  104| 76 GS              
 2008 09 09 12:22:49.07  -9.272  158.261 PDE| 16.0 5.9 8.2  17 |6.08 30 136  3.27 59 322 -9.36  2 227|276 67   20 178 71  156| 30 GS              
 2008 11 21 07:05:34.94  -8.947  159.553 PDE|115.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.61 76 180 -0.38  9 316 -1.23  8  48|310 55   78 150 37  106| 53 GS              
 2008 12 23 11:15:18.47  -6.366  154.943 PDE| 32.0 5.8 5.4  17 |5.08 82 337  0.52  7 137 -5.61  2 228|326 43  100 132 48   80| 81 GS              
 2009 01 15 16:15: 1.91 -10.334  161.211 PDE| 83.0 5.7 3.8  17 |3.95  7  99 -0.34 36   4 -3.62 52 199|341 62 -133 224 50  -38| 83 GS              
 2009 07 25 01:42:23.87  -6.492  154.973 PDE| 34.0 5.9 8.4  17 |6.39 87  25  3.11  0 131 -9.50  2 221|313 42   91 131 48   89| 35 GS              
 2009 10 09 22:49:54.09  -9.027  157.959 PDE|  6.0 5.6 3.2  17 |2.06 46  81  1.65 17 331 -3.70 38 226|256 18   14 153 86  108| 11 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 01 09 05:51:30.47  -9.131  157.626 PDE| 12.0 6.2 2.2  18 |1.78  1 316  0.66 86  82 -2.44  2 226|  2 87 -180 272 90   -3| 46 GS              
 2010 01 24 14:18:59.71  -9.180  157.756 PDE| 10.0 5.5 2.0  17 |1.87 22 261  0.27 64 111 -2.14 11 356|307 83  156  41 66    8| 75 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 04 11 09:40:25.60 -10.878  161.116 PDE|                  |     79 181                    10  24|290 55   85 119 35   97|    GS              
 2010 06 16 02:47:25.56 -10.260  161.433 PDE| 39.0 5.6 3.1  17 |3.34 87 328 -0.52  2 154 -2.81  0  64|337 45   94 152 45   86| 69 GS              
 2010 06 26 05:30:19.49 -10.627  161.447 PDE| 35.0 6.6 9.4  18 |9.34 70 152  0.15 19 339 -9.49  2 248|320 46   63 176 50  115| 97 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 08 20 17:56:14.15  -6.570  154.246 PDE|                  |     60  55                    30 235|145 75   90 325 15   90|    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              

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