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Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Historic Moment Tensor Solutions World Location
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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 1983 01 24 08:17:39.61  16.147  -95.232 PDE| 23.0 6.7 1.3  19 |0.95  6 241  0.62 69 135 -1.57 20 333| 15 71  -11 109 80 -161| 21 GS              
 1983 09 15 10:39: 2.39  16.103  -93.153 PDE|119.0 6.3 3.9  18 |4.23 43  87 -0.64 10 347 -3.58 45 248|253 10   -5 347 89 -100| 70 GS              
 1985 09 15 07:57:53.59  17.974  -97.158 PDE| 90.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.36  6 229 -0.22  1 139 -1.14 84  36|320 39  -88 137 51  -92| 68 GS              
 1986 07 13 09:12:10.71  16.061  -93.901 PDE| 87.0 5.9 7.7  17 |8.28 44  46 -1.25 14 302 -7.03 43 199|214 14    1 122 90  104| 70 GS              
 1987 07 15 07:16:13.55  17.522  -97.153 PDE| 81.0 6.2 2.5  18 |2.55  1 197 -0.01 19 106 -2.54 71 290|305 47  -64  89 49 -115| 99 GS              
 1989 09 16 23:20:53.22  16.497  -93.671 PDE|107.0 6.1 1.8  18 |1.84 47  71 -0.04  6 167 -1.80 43 262| 59  6  162 167 88   84| 96 GS              
 1995 10 21 02:38:57.12  16.840  -93.469 PDE|159.0 7.0 4.6  19 |4.60 49  59  0.00 13 312 -4.60 37 212|248 15   25 134 84  104|100 GS              
 1996 02 25 09:17:57.04  16.122  -97.930 PDE|  4.0 6.1 2.1  18 |1.99 57   5  0.23  3  99 -2.22 33 191|292 13  103  99 78   87| 79 GS              
 1999 06 15 20:42: 5.93  18.386  -97.436 PDE| 67.0 6.9 2.6  19 |2.55  4 214  0.01  4 124 -2.56 84 344|309 42  -83 120 49  -96| 99 GS              
 1999 09 30 16:31:15.69  16.059  -96.931 PDE| 45.0 7.4 1.5  20 |1.59  9  14 -0.23 24 108 -1.35 64 266| 78 42 -128 305 58  -61| 71 GS              
 2002 01 30 08:42: 3.40  18.194  -95.908 PDE|104.0 5.9 9.1  17 |1.14 14  58 -0.45 10 326 -0.69 73 203|162 32  -71 320 60 -101| 21 GS              
 2002 06 07 17:00:51.53  16.107  -96.749 PDE| 25.0 5.5 2.5  17 |2.60 73  38 -0.23  6 285 -2.36 15 193|274 30   77 109 60   97| 82 GS              
 2003 02 01 16:30:57.00  16.554  -92.886 PDE|206.0 5.8 6.3  17 |6.45 51  71 -0.24 19 186 -6.20 32 289| 66 22  151 183 80   71| 93 GS              
 2004 06 14 22:54:21.32  16.337  -97.845 PDE| 17.0 5.9 7.8  17 |7.82 54  48 -0.03 18 291 -7.78 30 190|239 22   36 115 77  108| 99 GS              
 2004 08 07 11:49:12.58  17.196  -95.218 PDE|106.0 5.8 6.8  17 |7.67 23  47 -1.71  3 316 -5.96 66 218|144 22  -81 314 68  -94| 55 GS              
 2004 08 18 09:03:10.12  16.427  -94.944 PDE| 67.0 5.8 6.7  17 |6.67  7  83  0.02 55 343 -6.69 34 178|215 61  -21 316 72 -149| 99 GS              
 2006 08 19 05:41:28.50  16.231  -97.257 PDE| 20.0 5.6 2.8  17 |3.17 47  14 -0.76 34 150 -2.41 23 257| 32 37  157 141 77   55| 52 GS              
 2007 07 06 01:09:19.00  16.350  -93.990 PDE|116.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.37 36  45 -0.12  7 140 -1.25 53 240|103 11 -128 321 81  -83| 82 GS              
 2008 02 12 12:50:18.49  16.357  -94.304 PDE| 83.0 6.4 5.1  18 |5.04 14  64  0.19 17 329 -5.22 66 191|178 34  -57 320 62 -110| 93 GS              

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