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Friday, May 02, 2008 at 14:45:06 UTC

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 02 26 07:10:59.16  49.243  155.601 PDE| 40.0 6.3 4.2  18 |3.98 61 284  0.37 21  56 -4.35 20 154|275 31  133  47 68   68| 83 GS              
 1983 04 04 23:12:47.19  49.408  155.602 PDE| 39.0 6.5 6.4  18 |6.42 74 304 -0.09  6 194 -6.34 15 102|184 31   79  17 60   96| 97 GS              
 1983 05 29 04:45:41.02  49.246  155.366 PDE| 42.0 5.4 1.5  17 |1.51 83 329  0.00  3 210 -1.52  6 120|206 39   85  33 51   94|100 GS              
 1984 03 21 02:44:24.35  49.176  155.385 PDE| 35.0 5.8 7.0  17 |6.80 77 344  0.38  4 238 -7.18 12 147|232 33   83  60 58   94| 89 GS              
 1987 09 04 04:27: 8.88  49.293  156.410 PDE| 23.0 6.2 2.5  18 |2.42 50 329  0.10 26 205 -2.51 28 100|143 29   26  30 78  116| 92 GS              
 1990 10 16 06:13:13.74  49.043  155.076 PDE| 75.0 5.9 8.0  17 |9.13 41 308 -2.30 30 188 -6.83 35  75|106 30    7  10 87  120| 50 GS              
 1992 10 11 23:20:34.77  50.458  153.167 PDE|                  |     38  79                     1 348|220 65   30 116 63  152|    GS              
 1996 08 09 15:34:49.50  49.256  155.630 PDE| 34.0 5.4 1.7  17 |1.75 74 259 -0.14 14  54 -1.61  6 146|251 41  112  43 53   72| 84 GS              
 1996 08 30 21:13:41.84  52.318  151.485 PDE|595.0 5.5 2.0  17 |2.04 50  63  0.01  9 164 -2.05 38 261| 39 11  146 163 84   81| 99 GS              
 1997 12 20 13:26:31.57  53.424  152.762 PDE|612.0 5.9 8.6  17 |7.38  4  12  2.42 16 103 -9.80 74 269| 86 43 -113 297 51  -70| 51 GS              
 1998 03 16 16:41:40.60  49.437  156.007 PDE| 47.0 5.4 1.5  17 |1.51 86  71 -0.04  0 335 -1.47  4 245|335 41   89 156 49   91| 95 GS              
 1999 07 07 18:52:57.02  49.233  155.559 PDE| 29.0 5.9 1.0  18 |1.03 71 311  0.02  4 211 -1.04 19 119|203 26   82  32 64   94| 96 GS              
 1999 08 06 00:32:41.72  49.933  156.261 PDE| 30.0 5.8 6.7  17 |6.58 75 300  0.15  0 208 -6.73 15 118|208 30   89  29 60   90| 96 GS              
 1999 11 11 02:41: 5.07  49.315  155.633 PDE| 34.0 5.9 1.0  18 |1.09 74 280 -0.08  5  27 -1.01 15 118|215 31   99  24 60   85| 85 GS              
 2001 02 07 15:16:15.22  52.751  153.848 PDE|435.0 5.6 3.4  17 |3.36 12 116  0.00  4  25 -3.35 77 276|212 33  -82  23 57  -95|100 GS              
 2002 01 28 13:50:28.72  49.381  155.594 PDE| 33.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.08 76 285  0.00  3  29 -1.08 13 120|215 32   96  27 58   86|100 GS              
 2002 11 16 12:06:25.17  50.375  156.562 PDE| 87.0 5.6 2.7  17 |2.79 40 312 -0.19  5  46 -2.60 49 142|359  6 -137 226 86  -85| 86 GS              
 2002 12 24 14:43: 7.07  50.007  156.164 PDE| 76.0 5.5 1.9  17 |2.17 32 297 -0.59 51 157 -1.58 20  40| 83 52   10 346 82  142| 46 GS              
 2006 08 20 03:01: 2.41  49.823  156.415 PDE| 26.0 5.9 8.9  17 |8.85 63   7  0.17 22 224 -9.02 15 128|191 36   51  56 63  115| 96 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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