Magnitude 7.2 Vanuatua Islands
January 2, 2002 at 17:22:49 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Historical USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
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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1999 11 26 22:03:20.07 -15.576 167.918 PDE| 14.0 5.9 6.8 17 |7.46 55 236 -1.34 7 337 -6.12 34 72|192 13 126 335 80 83| 64 GS
1999 11 30 16:23:34.84 -21.284 169.105 PDE| 4.0 5.8 6.6 17 |6.50 53 53 0.19 1 144 -6.69 37 235|332 8 98 144 82 89| 94 GS
1999 12 11 07:18:41.43 -13.912 167.188 PDE|190.0 5.7 4.5 17 |4.61 74 178 -0.13 15 333 -4.48 7 64|170 40 113 321 53 72| 94 GS
1999 12 28 23:56: 6.75 -11.150 165.543 PDE| 16.0 5.8 5.4 17 |5.42 50 90 -0.09 34 304 -5.32 17 202|252 41 31 138 71 127| 97 GS
1999 12 29 22:53:57.19 -11.165 165.330 PDE| 20.0 6.0 1.1 18 |1.12 68 70 0.00 11 310 -1.13 18 216|288 28 65 135 64 103|100 GS
2000 01 05 07:40:40.73 -11.371 165.378 PDE| 4.0 6.1 1.7 18 |1.53 40 55 0.29 8 318 -1.82 49 220|194 9 -34 318 85 -98| 68 GS
2000 01 17 00:04: 0.54 -11.593 166.301 PDE| 34.0 5.7 4.5 17 |4.33 85 264 0.40 1 2 -4.73 5 92|183 40 91 1 50 89| 83 GS
2000 05 06 13:44:13.88 -11.295 165.432 PDE| 16.0 6.2 2.0 18 |1.92 29 40 0.25 8 135 -2.16 60 239|109 18 -117 317 74 -82| 77 GS
2000 06 09 08:41:59.74 -11.301 162.062 PDE| 15.0 6.0 1.3 18 |1.20 20 103 0.21 63 328 -1.41 18 200|242 63 2 151 88 153| 70 GS
2000 06 10 09:17:53.19 -11.448 166.239 PDE| 28.0 5.9 7.0 17 |6.91 69 307 0.14 15 173 -7.05 14 79|150 33 63 2 61 107| 96 GS
2000 07 16 17:25:23.07 -12.404 166.509 PDE| 35.0 6.1 1.7 18 |1.75 77 320 -0.01 12 167 -1.74 6 76|153 41 72 356 52 105| 99 GS
2000 08 03 01:09:38.98 -12.037 166.448 PDE| 42.0 6.6 9.4 18 |9.72 85 236 -0.61 1 341 -9.10 5 71|162 40 92 340 50 88| 87 GS
2000 08 09 00:08:41.81 -15.693 167.986 PDE| 13.0 6.3 3.1 18 |3.10 54 159 -0.02 34 357 -3.08 8 261|318 47 40 198 62 130| 99 GS
2000 10 04 16:58:44.31 -15.421 166.910 PDE| 19.0 6.7 1.3 19 |1.29 80 140 0.00 10 321 -1.29 0 231|311 46 75 151 46 105|100 GS
2000 11 15 19:27:14.35 -14.605 166.656 PDE| 21.0 5.6 3.1 17 |3.10 86 33 -0.03 3 167 -3.07 3 258|351 42 95 165 48 86| 98 GS
2000 11 22 23:35: 4.51 -15.015 166.768 PDE| 28.0 5.7 3.8 17 |3.79 78 101 0.05 7 338 -3.84 10 247|328 35 78 163 55 98| 97 GS
2000 12 30 07:42:46.70 -12.472 166.934 PDE|209.0 5.5 2.2 17 |2.12 78 142 0.15 10 351 -2.26 5 260|338 41 74 179 51 103| 87 GS
2001 01 02 23:17:41.97 -11.160 162.440 PDE| 32.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.17 0 124 0.02 87 26 -1.19 3 214|259 87 -2 349 88 -177| 97 GS
2001 01 09 16:49:28.00 -14.928 167.170 PDE|120.0 7.1 5.2 19 |5.83 42 154 -1.19 41 295 -4.64 21 44|180 43 161 284 77 48| 59 GS
2001 01 19 08:10:14.75 -11.662 166.380 PDE| 40.0 6.3 3.7 18 |3.65 88 199 0.02 2 6 -3.68 0 96|188 45 92 5 45 88| 99 GS
