Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 4.2 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 00:17:16 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 06 14 05:58:43.27   5.361  126.438 PDE| 35.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.15 60 343  0.20 28 177 -1.36  6  84| 19 57  125 146 46   48| 71 GS              
 2009 07 01 21:10:44.44   1.052  125.963 PDE| 37.0 5.7 4.9  17 |4.05 67 158  1.40 22 348 -5.45  3 256|325 46   59 186 52  118| 49 GS              
 2009 07 20 15:19:47.64   2.301  126.940 PDE| 47.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.30 64 186  0.17 25 354 -2.46  4  86|202 46  127 335 55   58| 86 GS              
 2009 08 02 08:54:33.36  -0.447  132.908 PDE|                  |     83 126                     0  33|130 45  100 296 46   80|    GS              
 2009 08 12 20:04:25.01   6.040  126.376 PDE| 85.0 5.7 3.9  17 |3.95 58 238 -0.07 13 352 -3.88 27  89|348 74   76 210 21  130| 96 GS              
 2009 09 18 18:34:22.14   1.755  127.189 PDE| 98.0 5.7 5.3  17 |6.00 33 173 -2.02 28  62 -3.99 43 301|319 29  -12  60 84 -118| 33 GS              
 2009 10 13 11:38: 5.31   2.930  128.232 PDE| 32.0 5.9 9.1  17 |8.98 13  44  0.22 60 288 -9.19 24 141|181 62   -8 275 83 -152| 95 GS              
 2009 11 28 18:10:20.63   5.326  126.288 PDE| 21.0 5.8 7.3  17 |7.38 38 323 -0.22 32 204 -7.15 35  87|118 32    3  25 88  122| 94 GS              
 2009 12 30 11:17:49.80   6.520  126.341 PDE| 34.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.39 71 332  0.60 17 160 -1.99  2  70|357 50  114 142 45   64| 40 GS              
 2010 02 26 08:37: 0.25   6.484  126.802 PDE| 92.0 5.7 5.1  17 |4.91 70 295  0.45 11 170 -5.36 15  76|357 62  104 150 31   66| 83 GS              
 2010 04 05 10:05:44.63  -0.183  125.009 PDE|                  |     47  26                    29 151| 85 80  120 192 31   19|    GS              
 2010 04 17 07:22:59.27   3.739  126.585 PDE| 35.0 5.3 1.1  17 |0.86  9 341  0.42 71 222 -1.28 15  74|117 72   -5 209 86 -162| 34 GS              
 2010 04 17 10:02:23.23   3.682  126.546 PDE| 35.0 5.3 1.0  17 |0.88 11 348  0.27 74 213 -1.15 10  80|125 75    1  35 90  165| 53 GS              
 2010 05 07 07:39:29.82   3.559  127.982 PDE|140.0 5.6 3.0  17 |2.71 78 178  0.60 10 336 -3.31  4  67|328 50   76 170 42  107| 64 GS              
 2010 06 09 08:57:41.22   1.944  127.167 PDE| 94.0 5.3 1.3  17 |1.38 48 177 -0.32 33  38 -1.07 21 293|341 38   27 230 74  125| 54 GS              
 2010 06 27 23:47:29.38   5.283  126.984 PDE| 31.0 5.2 7.7  16 |7.91 51 209 -0.52 36  10 -7.38  9 107|233 48  144 349 64   48| 87 GS              
 2010 07 21 09:16: 4.42   3.039  128.222 PDE|100.0 6.0 1.4  18 |1.35 47 346  0.05 40 191 -1.40 12  90| 31 69  134 141 47   29| 93 GS              
 2010 08 03 12:08:25.95   1.239  126.213 PDE| 44.0 6.3 3.4  18 |3.14 84 350  0.43  5 176 -3.57  0  86|  2 46   98 171 45   82| 76 GS              
 2010 10 08 05:43: 8.07   2.831  128.217 PDE|116.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.72 57 310 -0.45 14 197 -1.27 29  99| 21 76  105 154 20   45| 48 GS              
 2010 10 25 12:05:28.93  -0.071  125.059 PDE| 34.0 5.7 4.2  17 |4.31 45 337 -0.23 43 178 -4.07 11  78| 20 69  138 129 51   28| 89 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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