Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 6.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 19:30:03 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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 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 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 12 02 03:12: 9.82  -6.001  149.977 PDE| 45.0 6.6 1.1  19 |1.19 78   8 -0.17  2 271 -1.02 12 180|268 33   87  92 57   92| 71 GS              
 2010 12 12 14:53:10.52  -6.366  150.265 PDE| 16.0 5.3 1.2  17 |1.01 44  44  0.36 31 278 -1.37 30 168|206 32   15 103 82  121| 47 GS              
 2010 12 13 01:14:42.32  -6.534  155.647 PDE|134.0 6.2 2.4  18 |1.83  1  99  0.88  5 189 -2.71 85 356|185 44  -97  14 46  -84| 35 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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