Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 5.5 TONGA
Friday, November 30, 2012 at 11:20:36 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 12 25 22:04:26.98 -15.963 -173.059 PDE| 47.0 5.6 2.8 17 |2.67 41 198 0.16 38 334 -2.84 24 85|326 80 51 224 41 164| 89 GS
2009 12 26 21:23:27.30 -17.299 -176.941 PDE| 17.0 5.5 2.1 17 |1.85 12 280 0.40 75 74 -2.25 6 189| 55 85 13 324 77 175| 64 GS
2010 02 09 01:03:44.44 -15.053 -173.492 PDE| 14.0 5.8 6.0 17 |6.07 34 321 -0.12 39 196 -5.95 31 75| 18 89 130 110 40 2| 96 GS
2010 02 13 02:34:28.86 -21.902 -174.767 PDE| 11.0 6.1 1.6 18 |1.30 67 255 0.47 18 35 -1.76 13 130| 25 61 69 243 35 123| 47 GS
2010 02 22 05:08:49.03 -21.511 -173.778 PDE| 29.0 5.7 3.9 17 |3.29 70 67 1.03 7 177 -4.31 18 269| 11 28 105 174 64 82| 52 GS
2010 04 10 16:54:24.25 -20.114 -176.223 PDE|273.0 6.0 1.1 18 |1.03 50 301 0.14 17 188 -1.17 33 86| 12 81 108 128 20 28| 76 GS
2010 04 21 17:20:29.11 -15.271 -173.219 PDE| 31.0 6.1 1.6 18 |1.64 18 239 -0.15 51 124 -1.49 32 341|113 81 -142 16 53 -11| 82 GS
2010 06 22 22:16:20.59 -19.201 -177.553 PDE|567.0 5.8 6.1 17 |4.60 17 328 2.29 35 72 -6.89 48 216| 18 41 -152 266 72 -52| 34 GS
2010 08 16 19:35:49.00 -20.799 -178.826 PDE|596.0 6.2 2.7 18 |2.34 11 189 0.65 25 94 -3.00 61 301| 79 61 -119 308 40 -48| 57 GS
2010 09 04 08:52: 4.10 -17.368 -173.999 PDE| 71.0 6.1 1.8 18 |2.08 61 112 -0.66 25 320 -1.41 11 224|286 40 49 156 61 119| 37 GS
2010 09 06 07:24:35.23 -18.314 -175.205 PDE|212.0 5.5 2.0 17 |1.44 21 135 0.86 11 40 -2.30 65 285|246 25 -63 36 68 -102| 25 GS
2010 09 07 16:13:32.06 -15.879 -179.306 PDE| 4.0 6.1 1.8 18 |1.90 22 278 -0.22 64 130 -1.69 12 13|325 83 155 58 65 7| 77 GS
2010 09 16 01:54:40.29 -16.031 -173.960 PDE| 84.0 5.8 5.5 17 |6.11 44 116 -1.42 18 8 -4.69 41 262|283 18 5 188 88 108| 54 GS
2010 10 06 19:43:38.46 -17.818 -173.989 PDE| 75.0 5.7 5.3 17 |5.55 25 240 -0.44 27 344 -5.10 51 115|172 75 -61 287 32 -151| 84 GS
2010 10 12 12:02:55.58 -20.425 -174.065 PDE| 6.0 5.9 9.0 17 |8.31 65 292 1.31 3 28 -9.62 25 119| 27 70 87 215 21 98| 73 GS
2010 10 16 13:27:45.69 -20.460 -173.916 PDE| 9.0 5.6 3.4 17 |3.15 73 308 0.45 3 209 -3.61 17 118| 31 62 93 204 28 85| 75 GS
2010 10 16 20:08:30.07 -20.414 -173.846 PDE| 5.0 5.9 9.5 17 |0.89 78 259 0.11 11 48 -1.00 6 139| 39 52 76 241 40 107| 78 GS
2010 11 03 23:34:42.48 -20.466 -174.280 PDE| | 62 256 10 146| 35 60 60 264 41 131| GS
2010 12 01 16:01:27.44 -15.888 -178.956 PDE| 24.0 5.9 7.6 17 |8.08 6 305 -0.94 84 124 -7.14 0 215| 80 86 4 349 86 176| 77 GS
2010 12 11 13:43:20.57 -21.811 -179.353 PDE|587.0 5.6 2.8 17 |2.86 37 142 -0.21 29 27 -2.66 39 270|294 30 -3 27 88 -120| 85 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
