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Magnitude 6.4 NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG.

Wednesday, April 01, 2009 at 03:54:59 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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 2005 11 22 15:11:31.58  -5.154  145.284 PDE| 68.0 6.1 2.1  18 |1.99 26 216  0.11 35 106 -2.11 44 334|355 37  -17  99 80 -126| 90 GS              
 2005 12 05 05:59:45.60  -5.407  142.006 PDE|  4.0 5.5 2.6  17 |2.61 63  56 -0.01 10 307 -2.61 26 212|282 21   63 130 71  100| 99 GS              
 2005 12 08 09:01:27.11  -5.408  146.953 PDE|210.0 6.1 1.8  18 |1.92 65  26 -0.29  0 117 -1.63 25 207|298 20   91 116 70   90| 70 GS              
 2006 01 21 15:39:28.02  -5.146  145.344 PDE| 60.0 5.4 1.7  17 |1.72 31 219 -0.10 31 108 -1.62 43 344|  3 32  -12 104 84 -121| 88 GS              
 2006 03 24 12:27: 5.38  -3.245  143.144 PDE| 19.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.49 37 278 -0.02 44 142 -1.47 24  27| 68 45   11 330 82  134| 97 GS              
 2006 05 30 03:28:50.01  -3.749  140.065 PDE|  3.0 5.9 1.0  18 |1.14 13 275 -0.19 22 180 -0.95 64  34| 31 37  -52 167 61 -115| 67 GS              
 2006 11 06 20:56:51.11  -5.450  146.637 PDE|150.0 5.9 9.7  17 |1.17  2  96 -0.40  4   5 -0.77 86 213|190 43  -84   2 47  -95| 32 GS              
 2007 01 22 19:25:49.47  -3.321  146.350 PDE| 10.0 5.7 3.8  17 |3.08  7 135  1.43 81 279 -4.51  5  44|179 81  178 269 88    9| 37 GS              
 2007 02 12 02:08:56.04  -5.002  144.980 PDE| 42.0 5.8 6.6  17 |6.49 84 105  0.14  5 318 -6.63  3 228|313 42   83 143 48   97| 96 GS              
 2007 05 12 11:31: 3.04  -5.463  146.108 PDE| 39.0 5.8 6.8  17 |6.82 85  31  0.06  1 129 -6.88  5 219|309 40   91 128 50   89| 98 GS              
 2007 06 07 00:40:38.13  -3.316  146.761 PDE| 29.0 6.2 2.4  18 |2.37  6 324  0.15 83 175 -2.51  3  55|100 84    2   9 88  174| 88 GS              
 2007 07 22 10:49:35.31  -2.797  141.660 PDE|  8.0 5.8 5.6  17 |5.54  9 181  0.10 33 276 -5.64 55  78|238 47 -139 117 62  -51| 96 GS              
 2007 07 22 14:20:43.88  -2.783  141.724 PDE|  9.0 5.8 5.5  17 |5.49  6 201  0.02 25 293 -5.51 64  99|265 45 -127 132 56  -59| 99 GS              
 2007 08 20 21:30:45.78  -5.395  140.874 PDE|                  |     60 230                    30  50|320 75   90 140 15   90|    GS              
 2007 11 22 08:48:27.53  -5.757  147.098 PDE| 74.0 6.7 1.5  19 |1.62 84 151 -0.21  3 280 -1.41  3  10|104 41   95 278 49   86| 74 GS              
 2007 12 10 12:10: 7.25  -3.568  144.439 PDE|  7.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.22 31 278  0.21 54 127 -2.42 13  17|324 78  146  62 57   14| 83 GS              
 2008 01 01 18:54:59.01  -5.878  146.884 PDE| 35.0 6.1 2.0  18 |1.91 81 341  0.15  5 108 -2.06  6 199|295 38   98 105 52   83| 85 GS              
 2008 01 24 22:29:53.06  -6.026  146.619 PDE| 31.0 5.7 5.0  17 |4.90 38  27  0.20 39 256 -5.10 26 141|180 40   11  82 83  130| 92 GS              
 2008 07 11 09:58:49.93  -2.943  147.821 PDE|  2.0 5.7 4.6  17 |5.10 47 303 -1.31 14 197 -3.78 38  95| 19 85  105 126 15   18| 49 GS              
 2008 07 25 20:11: 7.50  -5.808  146.658 PDE| 31.0 5.3 1.3  17 |1.12 83  51  0.36  3 285 -1.48  5 195|281 40   84 109 50   95| 51 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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