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Magnitude 4.6 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS

Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 06:08:01 UTC

Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

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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 2006 10 08 13:50:24.11 -23.554 -175.271 PDE|  8.0 5.8 6.2  17 |6.07 16 312  0.35  2  42 -6.43 74 141| 38 29  -95 224 61  -87| 89 GS              
 2006 11 24 19:55: 1.04 -23.422 -175.572 PDE|  5.0 5.7 5.3  17 |5.22 54 317  0.25  1 227 -5.46 36 136|223  9   87  47 81   91| 91 GS              
 2006 11 30 11:33:17.02 -21.297 -174.677 PDE|  7.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.34 55 301 -0.03  2  33 -1.31 35 124|223 10  100  33 80   88| 96 GS              
 2006 12 17 12:51: 8.66 -21.258 -174.472 PDE| 10.0 5.7 4.2  17 |4.40 77 298 -0.40  0 207 -4.00 13 117|207 32   89  27 58   90| 82 GS              
 2007 02 05 09:55:51.10 -20.609 -175.650 PDE| 22.0 5.7 5.3  17 |5.34 10 264 -0.15 78 109 -5.18  5 354| 39 79    4 309 86  169| 94 GS              
 2007 05 06 21:11:52.50 -19.401 -179.354 PDE|679.0 6.4 5.6  18 |6.11 73  58 -0.95 14 202 -5.16  9 295| 41 38  113 193 56   73| 69 GS              
 2007 05 06 22:01: 8.92 -19.406 -179.315 PDE|682.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.51 74  38  0.01 13 184 -1.51  9 276| 22 38  112 175 55   74| 99 GS              
 2007 05 07 20:32:32.33 -21.213 -178.619 PDE|555.0 5.7 4.2  17 |4.26  9 176 -0.07 14  84 -4.20 73 298|283 38  -67  74 55 -107| 97 GS              
 2007 05 13 11:26:42.91 -19.513 -179.329 PDE|679.0 5.8 6.4  17 |6.99 72  58 -1.20 14 200 -5.79 11 292| 40 36  114 190 57   73| 66 GS              
 2007 05 27 18:12:34.77 -20.069 -174.519 PDE| 36.0 5.6 3.1  17 |3.19 65 116 -0.17 25 304 -3.02  3 212|279 47   56 144 53  122| 89 GS              
 2007 07 17 09:39:27.81 -26.206 -177.744 PDE|  9.0 6.0 1.4  18 |1.57  2 126 -0.27 81  22 -1.29  9 216|261 82   -5 351 85 -172| 66 GS              
 2007 07 18 00:07:35.46 -26.295 -177.738 PDE|  6.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.09  9 112  0.03 33  17 -1.12 56 215|235 46  -41 356 61 -128| 95 GS              
 2007 08 11 18:04:53.11 -22.264 -179.493 PDE|602.0 5.6 3.4  17 |3.23 34 102  0.45  4 195 -3.67 55 291|175 11 -110  16 79  -86| 75 GS              
 2007 10 08 18:37:53.70 -20.706 -177.398 PDE|323.0 5.7 5.2  17 |5.40 26 202 -0.42  2 110 -4.98 63  14|110 72  -93 300 19  -81| 84 GS              
 2007 11 19 00:52:12.51 -21.185 -178.752 PDE|545.0 6.3 4.0  18 |4.09 10 181 -0.09 11  89 -4.00 74 311|286 36  -70  81 56 -104| 96 GS              
 2007 12 09 07:28:20.82 -25.996 -177.514 PDE|180.0 7.7 4.2  20 |3.77 60 167  0.83  0 258 -4.60 29 348| 80 16   92 258 74   90| 64 GS              
 2008 01 15 17:52:15.69 -21.984 -179.535 PDE|588.0 6.5 6.4  18 |6.29 45 100  0.27 10 201 -6.56 42 300|102 10  171 201 88   80| 92 GS              
 2008 02 01 12:10: 6.40 -21.495 -179.352 PDE|613.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.30 44 145  0.02  0  54 -1.32 45 323|288  1  -36  54 89  -91| 97 GS              
 2008 06 26 21:19:15.58 -20.768 -173.342 PDE| 42.0 6.2 2.5  18 |2.33 68  38  0.30 18 188 -2.63  9 281| 33 39  121 176 58   68| 77 GS              
 2008 07 03 03:02:37.56 -23.370 -179.778 PDE|564.0 6.2 2.4  18 |2.76 24 356 -0.83 16 258 -1.92 59 139|253 72 -107 117 25  -49| 40 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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