Magnitude 4.6 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Friday, May 02, 2008 at 16:29:52 UTC
Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
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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2004 11 08 02:15:58.84 37.396 138.862 PDE| 6.0 5.5 2.0 17 |1.99 80 27 -0.08 10 193 -1.91 2 283| 23 43 105 183 48 77| 92 GS
2004 11 26 22:42:37.32 42.377 142.899 PDE| 48.0 5.7 3.9 17 |3.92 67 288 -0.01 4 28 -3.91 23 120|219 22 102 26 68 85| 99 GS
2004 12 14 05:56:10.04 44.119 141.793 PDE| 4.0 5.8 6.2 17 |6.25 79 79 -0.03 5 192 -6.21 10 283| 18 35 98 189 56 84| 99 GS
2005 02 26 12:37:40.69 40.731 142.376 PDE| 63.0 5.7 4.2 17 |3.89 85 83 0.59 2 201 -4.48 4 291| 24 41 94 199 49 87| 74 GS
2005 08 16 02:46:28.40 38.276 142.039 PDE| 36.0 7.0 4.7 19 |4.67 69 303 0.00 3 205 -4.67 21 114|199 24 82 27 66 93|100 GS
2005 08 24 10:14:47.55 38.480 143.154 PDE| 6.0 5.7 4.6 17 |4.64 57 282 -0.02 0 192 -4.62 33 102|192 12 90 12 78 90| 99 GS
2005 08 24 10:15:28.19 38.564 142.987 PDE| 5.0 6.1 1.9 18 |1.90 55 300 0.03 2 32 -1.93 35 124|224 10 101 32 80 88| 97 GS
2005 08 30 18:10:45.46 38.481 143.175 PDE| 7.0 6.1 1.9 18 |1.93 53 309 0.01 5 212 -1.93 37 119|183 9 60 33 82 95| 99 GS
2005 12 02 13:13: 9.52 38.089 142.122 PDE| 27.0 6.4 5.3 18 |5.17 58 288 0.22 7 29 -5.39 31 123|235 15 117 27 77 83| 92 GS
2005 12 12 21:01:40.63 43.206 139.329 PDE| 9.0 5.4 1.5 17 |1.39 78 268 0.24 3 162 -1.63 11 71|157 34 84 344 56 94| 71 GS
2005 12 16 18:32:16.42 38.506 141.900 PDE| 32.0 5.9 1.0 18 |1.08 59 309 -0.08 11 200 -1.00 29 104|166 19 55 23 75 101| 85 GS
2006 01 18 14:25:27.59 37.774 142.131 PDE| 6.0 5.7 4.2 17 |4.59 48 120 -0.80 13 16 -3.79 39 275|307 14 21 197 85 103| 65 GS
2006 06 16 17:10:40.30 40.349 143.712 PDE| 16.0 5.5 2.1 17 |2.00 50 305 0.19 6 208 -2.18 39 113|158 8 40 28 85 96| 83 GS
2006 10 10 23:58: 4.00 37.197 142.664 PDE| 3.0 6.0 1.3 18 |1.28 50 306 0.07 7 208 -1.34 39 113|157 9 38 29 85 97| 90 GS
2007 02 17 00:02:56.76 41.794 143.553 PDE| 29.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.17 56 271 0.00 16 26 -1.17 29 125|253 22 139 22 76 73|100 GS
2007 03 25 00:41:57.82 37.336 136.588 PDE| 7.0 6.6 9.1 18 |8.86 64 16 0.43 23 223 -9.29 11 129|193 40 52 58 60 117| 91 GS
2007 04 18 15:07:31.60 42.658 141.861 PDE|112.0 5.5 1.9 17 |2.35 19 324 -0.83 45 214 -1.51 39 70|100 47 -16 201 78 -136| 29 GS
2007 05 18 15:59:58.53 41.597 141.991 PDE| 50.0 5.5 2.1 17 |2.02 62 300 0.10 20 167 -2.12 19 70|131 32 49 356 67 112| 91 GS
2007 07 16 01:13:22.37 37.535 138.446 PDE| 8.0 6.5 6.3 18 |6.32 85 272 -0.07 3 44 -6.24 4 134|228 42 95 41 49 86| 98 GS
2007 07 16 06:37:40.43 37.502 138.467 PDE| 10.0 5.6 3.2 17 |3.19 74 96 -0.06 13 242 -3.13 8 334| 80 38 112 233 55 74| 96 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

