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
es2026dmmli 19/02/2026 12:16:03 39.0822 -9.1123 15 3.7 NE SOBRAL DE MONTE AGRACO.POR

Components of the deviatory SMT (null isotropic part) - (10^20 din cm)
M0 mzz mxx myy mxz myz mxy
37.90E20 30.2 -29.71 -0.49 0.1 15.6 17.3

SMT decomposition Double couple percentage: 95 Dipole Percentage: 5

Double couple: Plane A es2026dmmli-bola.jpg Double couple: Plane B
Strike (º): 88 Strike (º): 222
Dip (º): 44 Dip (º): 55
Rake (º): 126 Rake (º): 59

Adjustment quality
Variance reduction [0-100]:82
SMT automatic calculation detail

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