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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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 2006 10 03 18:03:13.43 -18.840  169.001 PDE|158.0 6.3 3.6  18 |3.24 73  67  0.64  3 165 -3.88 17 256|350 28   95 164 62   87| 67 GS              
 2006 10 18 10:45:32.93 -15.053  167.266 PDE|118.0 6.3 3.7  18 |3.66 75 171  0.06 14   9 -3.72  4 278|353 43   69 201 51  108| 97 GS              
 2007 03 12 09:59: 3.21 -21.049  169.834 PDE| 47.0 5.8 6.9  17 |7.01  6 329 -0.25 47 233 -6.76 43  65| 97 56  -29 205 66 -143| 93 GS              
 2007 03 25 00:40: 1.61 -20.617  169.357 PDE| 40.0 7.1 5.5  19 |5.53 80  92  0.02  1 354 -5.55 10 264|353 35   88 175 55   92| 99 GS              
 2007 03 31 21:55:24.80 -20.514  169.169 PDE| 24.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.21 69  65  0.28  2 330 -3.49 21 239|326 24   85 151 66   92| 84 GS              
 2007 04 03 20:26: 9.59 -20.633  168.994 PDE| 20.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.58 68  64  0.00  5 166 -1.58 22 258|357 24  102 164 67   85|100 GS              
 2007 04 04 11:00:27.94 -20.715  168.828 PDE| 20.0 6.1 1.7  18 |1.62 24 276  0.17 19  15 -1.79 59 139|333 27 -135 201 71  -70| 81 GS              
 2007 04 04 11:02:29.62 -20.688  169.056 PDE| 18.0 6.2 2.9  18 |2.84 63  70  0.11  0 339 -2.94 27 249|339 18   90 159 72   90| 93 GS              
 2007 04 26 09:39:55.09 -18.095  172.933 PDE|  4.0 5.3 1.2  17 |1.24  7 147 -0.13  7 237 -1.11 80  10|229 38 -101  62 52  -82| 79 GS              
 2007 06 28 18:50: 3.56 -22.299  171.544 PDE|102.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.57 55 294 -0.26 33  93 -2.31 10 190|313 45  140  74 63   52| 80 GS              
 2007 07 15 09:27:34.48 -15.383  168.597 PDE| 13.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.35 73  77 -0.02  8 193 -1.33 15 285| 25 31  105 188 61   81| 97 GS              
 2007 07 20 17:23:53.77 -20.775  168.462 PDE|  7.0 5.6 3.0  17 |2.86 10  44  0.19 10 312 -3.05 76 178|146 36  -73 306 56 -102| 88 GS              
 2007 07 27 14:46:26.88 -21.459  170.939 PDE| 25.0 6.1 1.7  18 |1.79  8 287 -0.14 81 129 -1.65  3  18| 63 82    4 332 87  172| 84 GS              
 2007 08 01 17:08:51.40 -15.595  167.680 PDE|120.0 7.2 7.0  19 |7.35 73  96 -0.69  2 193 -6.67 17 284| 17 28   95 192 62   88| 81 GS              
 2007 08 05 09:28:39.83 -19.148  168.718 PDE| 37.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.14 83 148  0.01  7 335 -1.15  1 245|328 45   81 161 46   99| 98 GS              
 2007 09 27 19:57:44.00 -21.103  169.283 PDE|  9.0 6.1 2.0  18 |2.25 46  84 -0.65  4 179 -1.60 42 273| 64  5  155 179 88   86| 42 GS              
 2007 09 28 01:01:49.18 -21.207  169.362 PDE| 12.0 6.2 2.4  18 |2.30 54  43  0.24 20 163 -2.55 28 264| 36 25  145 158 76   69| 81 GS              
 2007 09 28 01:35:51.97 -21.133  169.373 PDE|  6.0 6.5 6.7  18 |6.99 59  53 -0.53  0 144 -6.46 30 235|328 15   93 144 75   89| 85 GS              
 2007 09 28 11:12:40.51 -21.402  169.193 PDE|  5.0 5.8 7.3  17 |7.92 50  69 -1.53 17 316 -6.39 33 214|255 20   28 139 81  108| 61 GS              
 2007 09 29 15:36:44.54 -21.158  169.243 PDE| 32.0 5.7 4.6  17 |4.51 16 286  0.26 72  91 -4.77  4 195|330 75  171  62 81   15| 89 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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