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

Evid Date Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Prof. centroid Mw Location
es2018akahe 15/01/2018 11:51:40 38.7925 -7.9739 11 4.3 N ARRAIOLOS.POR

Components of the deviatory SMT (null isotropic part) - (10^20 din cm)
M0 mzz mxx myy mxz myz mxy
36.70E21 20.29 -74.55 54.26 -49.35 142.13 330.39

SMT decomposition Double couple percentage: 79 Dipole Percentage: 21

Double couple: Plane A es2018akahe-bola.jpg Double couple: Plane B
Strike (º): 5 Strike (º): 96
Dip (º): 88 Dip (º): 67
Rake (º): -23 Rake (º): -178

Adjustment quality
Variance reduction [0-100]:83
SMT automatic calculation detail

Images available
Images available      Focal mechanism     Catalog