Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 6.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 19:30:03 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 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
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
