Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 6.7 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 01:25:12 UTC
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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2003 11 24 14:54:17.40 -4.265 152.710 PDE| 16.0 5.7 4.2 17 |4.39 85 335 -0.33 5 160 -4.05 0 70|156 45 83 345 46 97| 85 GS
2003 11 25 20:19:46.29 -5.581 150.880 PDE| 36.0 6.6 7.5 18 |7.95 83 1 -0.98 1 98 -6.97 7 189|280 38 92 98 52 89| 75 GS
2003 12 18 05:41:57.61 -6.347 151.384 PDE| 49.0 5.8 6.3 17 |6.52 66 270 -0.49 23 71 -6.03 7 164|278 43 125 54 56 62| 85 GS
2004 01 05 06:53:48.44 -3.589 151.016 PDE| 34.0 5.6 2.8 17 |2.62 7 349 0.37 76 106 -3.00 12 258| 34 77 -176 303 86 -13| 75 GS
2004 01 08 23:05:56.56 -5.996 149.301 PDE| 35.0 5.8 5.4 17 |5.94 84 140 -1.01 4 271 -4.93 5 1| 96 40 97 267 50 84| 66 GS
2004 01 09 22:35:31.19 -6.072 149.401 PDE| 34.0 6.2 2.6 18 |2.27 82 34 0.58 5 265 -2.86 6 174|259 39 82 89 51 96| 59 GS
2004 01 15 07:26:53.01 -3.528 151.064 PDE| 30.0 6.2 2.1 18 |1.83 1 352 0.44 81 89 -2.27 9 262| 38 83 -174 307 84 -7| 61 GS
2004 01 28 10:10:26.88 -5.612 151.801 PDE| 26.0 5.5 2.1 17 |2.00 61 35 0.13 15 277 -2.12 25 180|242 24 52 103 71 106| 88 GS
2004 03 06 06:26:42.13 -5.112 152.588 PDE| 25.0 5.4 1.6 17 |1.76 75 51 -0.38 12 269 -1.39 9 177|253 37 70 98 55 105| 57 GS
2004 03 27 06:19:36.89 -6.256 154.760 PDE| 46.0 5.9 6.9 17 |6.87 83 61 0.11 0 330 -6.98 7 240|330 38 90 150 52 90| 97 GS
2004 05 13 09:58:43.45 -3.584 150.730 PDE| 23.0 6.2 2.4 18 |2.29 15 325 0.17 75 163 -2.46 4 57|102 77 7 10 83 166| 86 GS
2004 07 01 19:28:45.29 -5.910 148.662 PDE| 51.0 5.6 3.0 17 |3.06 88 122 -0.06 1 339 -3.01 1 249|338 44 88 160 46 92| 96 GS
2004 11 16 10:06:54.50 -5.627 151.452 PDE| 27.0 6.0 1.1 18 |1.14 71 32 -0.01 13 260 -1.14 13 167|239 34 66 88 60 105| 98 GS
2005 01 14 08:33:14.46 -4.238 152.717 PDE| 21.0 6.1 1.8 18 |1.73 19 160 0.11 70 352 -1.83 4 251|297 74 11 204 79 164| 88 GS
2005 02 07 20:02:17.69 -4.525 153.187 PDE| 44.0 6.1 1.7 18 |1.66 35 87 0.17 30 202 -1.82 40 321|118 30 -175 23 88 -60| 81 GS
2005 02 20 12:14:51.81 -4.694 153.108 PDE| 40.0 5.5 2.3 17 |2.21 27 20 0.11 53 247 -2.32 23 122|162 53 3 70 87 143| 91 GS
2005 02 23 11:33:52.90 -6.245 150.660 PDE| 20.0 5.8 5.9 17 |6.29 7 142 -0.72 11 234 -5.57 77 21|219 39 -108 63 53 -76| 77 GS
2005 03 26 05:03: 1.23 -6.777 153.616 PDE| 10.0 5.4 1.4 17 |1.44 2 348 0.01 23 257 -1.45 66 83|101 48 -57 237 51 -121| 99 GS
2005 05 10 21:17:13.27 -5.647 154.428 PDE| 79.0 5.5 1.7 17 |1.66 66 199 0.04 23 2 -1.70 6 95|208 44 124 345 55 62| 95 GS
2005 06 15 10:13:59.39 -4.595 153.191 PDE| 56.0 6.2 2.6 18 |2.70 76 320 -0.28 11 102 -2.42 8 194|297 38 108 94 54 76| 79 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
