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Magnitude 6.8 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G.

Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 08:48:27 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 08 05 23:56:57.26  -5.596  145.658 PDE|113.0 5.3 1.0  17 |1.02 39 359 -0.05 51 179 -0.97  0  89|141 63   30  37 64  150| 90 GS              
 2005 10 25 19:40:43.04  -7.154  145.976 PDE|176.0 5.9 8.7  17 |8.12 67 318  1.11 19 173 -9.24 13  79|145 37   56   5 60  112| 76 GS              
 2005 11 05 10:48:21.22  -3.149  148.143 PDE|  6.0 6.3 3.6  18 |3.55 40 330  0.16 45 182 -3.71 17  74|121 49   20  17 75  137| 91 GS              
 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 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 02 06 03:04: 3.79  -6.050  150.013 PDE| 35.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.07 79 351  0.44  7 119 -3.51  9 210|308 37  101 114 54   82| 75 GS              
 2006 03 17 13:48:16.56  -4.822  149.744 PDE| 20.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.29  2  15  0.10 33 283 -2.39 56 107|134 52  -46 256 55 -132| 92 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 07 12 19:08:12.34  -5.993  148.520 PDE| 48.0 5.7 3.8  17 |3.78 68 316  0.01 19 169 -3.79 11  75|142 38   58   1 59  112| 99 GS              
 2006 07 19 11:48:58.29  -5.474  150.684 PDE| 22.0 6.3 3.1  18 |2.78 17 354  0.69 73 172 -3.47  1 264| 38 78  169 130 79   12| 60 GS              
 2006 07 19 18:08:57.86  -5.328  150.691 PDE| 15.0 5.6 3.7  17 |3.63 28   5  0.07 61 168 -3.69  7 271| 44 65  165 141 76   25| 96 GS              
 2006 08 15 05:43:20.99  -9.273  150.481 PDE|  4.0 5.7 4.2  17 |4.24  3 349 -0.08  9  79 -4.16 81 243| 70 43 -103 267 48  -78| 96 GS              
 2006 09 15 10:13:14.81  -6.018  150.471 PDE| 27.0 5.7 4.8  17 |5.00 72  12 -0.32  6 264 -4.68 17 173|254 28   78  87 63   96| 87 GS              
 2006 10 17 01:25:12.23  -5.881  150.982 PDE| 35.0 6.6 1.0  19 |1.02 77  83  0.00  3 188 -1.02 13 279| 13 32   96 186 58   86|100 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              
 2006 11 11 15:10:30.60  -5.994  148.593 PDE| 35.0 5.9 8.6  17 |8.26 72 355  0.61 16 153 -8.86  6 245|353 41  115 140 53   69| 86 GS              
 2006 11 24 12:31: 9.49  -5.997  150.483 PDE| 24.0 5.8 7.1  17 |7.18 69  14 -0.25  3 275 -6.93 21 184|268 25   82  97 66   94| 93 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              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

Preliminary Earthquake Report
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