Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 4.8 SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 12:15:27 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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 1981 01 23 21:54:41.60 -29.682   60.838 PDE| 13.0 7.0 4.0  19 |3.16 12 148  1.65 68 270 -4.81 18  54|192 69 -176 100 86  -21| 31 GS              
 2002 09 08 03:36:41.56 -30.109   60.926 PDE| 22.0 5.7 4.5  17 |4.55 15 307 -0.18 70 170 -4.37 13  41| 84 70    1 354 89  160| 92 GS              
 2006 03 12 17:11:18.03 -33.227   56.950 PDE|  7.0 5.6 3.0  17 |3.02  3  25 -0.11 21 293 -2.90 68 123|136 46  -60 276 52 -117| 93 GS              
 2006 08 16 18:38:59.34 -28.815   61.736 PDE|  8.0 5.7 4.8  17 |4.70 10 355  0.16  1 265 -4.86 80 168| 86 35  -88 264 55  -91| 93 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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