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Friday, May 02, 2008 at 16:29:52 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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 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

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