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Magnitude 4.6 SOLOMON ISLANDS

Wednesday, April 08, 2009 at 02:23:43 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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 2004 05 16 10:32:10.61 -11.797  165.778 PDE| 23.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.43 63  49 -0.05 17 177 -2.39 20 274| 30 30  127 170 67   71| 96 GS              
 2004 10 08 08:27:53.54 -10.951  162.161 PDE| 35.0 6.7 1.5  19 |1.43 49 331  0.06 39 174 -1.49 11  74|127 48   32  14 67  134| 92 GS              
 2004 10 26 07:24:18.81  -9.687  160.616 PDE|115.0 5.4 1.7  17 |1.74 10 138 -0.05 22  43 -1.70 65 251|253 40  -53  29 59 -116| 94 GS              
 2004 11 09 23:58:23.65 -11.150  163.706 PDE| 15.0 6.8 2.2  19 |2.32  6 149 -0.31 73 257 -2.01 16  58|195 74 -172 103 82  -16| 73 GS              
 2004 11 11 17:33: 7.33 -11.266  162.123 PDE|  7.0 5.9 9.3  17 |9.28 48  52  0.03  7 314 -9.32 41 217|247  8   23 134 87   97| 99 GS              
 2004 11 11 17:34:52.05 -11.128  162.208 PDE|  5.0 6.7 1.2  19 |1.18 46  65 -0.04  7 327 -1.14 43 230|248  8   11 147 89   97| 93 GS              
 2004 11 12 11:31:50.89 -11.156  162.284 PDE|  4.0 5.7 5.0  17 |4.62 46  64  0.82 15 318 -5.44 41 215|238 15   10 139 87  105| 70 GS              
 2004 11 13 00:24:18.97 -10.251  164.657 PDE|  3.0 5.8 7.3  17 |7.78 19 163 -0.89  9  70 -6.89 69 317|267 27  -71  66 64 -100| 77 GS              
 2005 01 22 20:30:17.35  -7.727  159.475 PDE| 28.0 6.4 4.8  18 |5.08  5 176 -0.63 27 268 -4.45 62  77|239 47 -129 109 56  -56| 75 GS              
 2005 03 06 01:39: 6.87 -11.062  163.207 PDE| 12.0 5.9 8.4  17 |6.73  3 107  3.25 61  12 -9.98 29 198|238 68  -20 336 72 -156| 35 GS              
 2005 03 06 04:39:59.43 -11.045  163.045 PDE| 25.0 6.1 2.1  18 |2.07  7 299  0.03 76  60 -2.09 12 208|344 77 -177 253 87  -13| 97 GS              
 2005 03 30 12:00:34.54 -10.246  161.315 PDE| 70.0 5.6 3.1  17 |2.59 18 148  1.10 66 285 -3.68 15  53|190 66  178 281 88   24| 40 GS              
 2005 06 30 13:48:27.42 -10.931  162.400 PDE| 18.0 5.5 2.6  17 |2.43 27 178  0.26 11 274 -2.69 60  24|243 20 -123  98 73  -78| 81 GS              
 2006 07 06 15:11:36.72 -10.483  165.117 PDE| 58.0 5.7 5.3  17 |5.32 71 323 -0.07 12 194 -5.25 14 101|175 33   67  21 60  104| 97 GS              
 2007 08 16 08:39:28.44  -9.834  159.465 PDE|                  |     33 350                    42 224|285 85  -60  24 30 -170|    GS              
 2007 09 02 01:05:18.15 -11.610  165.762 PDE|                  |     65  55                    25 235|145 70   90 325 20   90|    GS              
 2007 11 27 11:49:58.01 -10.950  162.149 PDE| 16.0 6.4 5.3  18 |5.23 52 101  0.23 27 329 -5.46 23 226|275 32   31 158 74  119| 92 GS              
 2008 06 03 16:20:50.38 -10.509  161.273 PDE| 78.0 6.2 2.9  18 |2.67  1 118  0.36 10  28 -3.02 79 214| 18 47 -105 219 45  -75| 76 GS              
 2008 07 19 09:27: 1.46 -11.041  164.493 PDE|  3.0 6.6 8.7  18 |8.31 16 307  0.81 17 212 -9.11 65  77|203 63 -110  62 33  -56| 82 GS              
 2008 07 19 11:01:17.71 -11.066  164.616 PDE|  3.0 6.2 2.9  18 |2.47 24 301  0.75 11 206 -3.22 62  93|202 70 -102  54 23  -60| 53 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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