Seismic Moment Tensor

Currently the best way to represent the source of an earthquake. It contains information about the size of the earthquake as well as the geometric parameters of the responsible fault.   More information

Previous earthquake
Evid Date Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Prof. centroid Mw Location
es2026fivwd 17/03/2026 23:24:56 36.0265 -4.6581 102 4.2 ALBORÁN OESTE

Components of the deviatory SMT (null isotropic part) - (10^20 din cm)
M0 mzz mxx myy mxz myz mxy
21.10E21 63.11 -34.86 -28.26 -202.3 9.92 -18.4

SMT decomposition Double couple percentage: 74 Dipole Percentage: 26

Double couple: Plane A es2026fivwd-bola.jpg Double couple: Plane B
Strike (º): 126 Strike (º): 268
Dip (º): 8 Dip (º): 83
Rake (º): 127 Rake (º): 84

Adjustment quality
Variance reduction [0-100]:76
SMT automatic calculation detail

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