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Magnitude 5.0 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 13:32:50 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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 2000 10 27 04:21:51.60  26.266  140.460 PDE|387.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.87 47 145 -0.79 34 283 -1.08 22  29|163 38  156 273 75   54| 16 GS              
 2001 01 14 08:58:25.00  22.094  143.751 PDE| 86.0 5.9 8.0  17 |7.59 48 208  0.89 25  87 -8.49 31 340| 21 27   22 271 80  115| 79 GS              
 2001 04 07 12:13:27.58  21.705  143.325 PDE| 15.0 5.7 4.8  17 |4.53  2   7  0.45 81 108 -4.98  9 276| 52 82 -175 321 85   -8| 82 GS              
 2001 07 03 13:10:42.60  21.641  142.984 PDE|298.0 6.4 5.7  18 |6.22 81 262 -1.01  5  25 -5.21  7 116|211 38   98  22 52   84| 68 GS              
 2002 07 11 02:56:28.92  21.584  142.944 PDE|304.0 5.4 1.5  17 |1.47 69 320 -0.03  9  74 -1.44 19 167|272 27  110  70 65   80| 96 GS              
 2003 11 11 18:48:23.76  22.321  143.246 PDE| 93.0 5.9 1.0  18 |0.89 61 124  0.26  2 218 -1.15 29 309| 45 16   98 217 74   88| 55 GS              
 2004 07 20 14:16:23.52  19.639  146.808 PDE| 12.0 5.9 8.1  17 |8.17 61 260 -0.22  2 165 -7.95 28  74|157 17   82 346 74   92| 95 GS              
 2004 07 21 06:29:48.86  21.143  144.306 PDE|  5.0 5.4 1.4  17 |1.36 34 219  0.02 13 318 -1.37 53  67|267 17 -142 141 80  -77| 97 GS              
 2005 02 09 18:46: 9.97  26.088  143.997 PDE| 24.0 6.3 3.1  18 |3.10  0  35 -0.06 12 125 -3.04 78 303|113 46 -107 317 47  -73| 96 GS              
 2005 08 13 07:36:52.77  20.134  145.801 PDE| 21.0 5.9 9.6  17 |9.48 35  55  0.24 44 282 -9.72 25 164|204 45    9 108 84  135| 95 GS              
 2005 11 15 23:01:10.05  22.040  144.799 PDE| 22.0 5.6 3.0  17 |3.03 77 288 -0.05  6 169 -2.99 12  78|160 34   78 354 57   98| 97 GS              
 2005 11 28 16:41:28.14  20.290  146.055 PDE|  9.0 5.9 9.4  17 |1.04 30 227 -0.20 14 129 -0.84 56  17|352 20  -45 125 76 -104| 62 GS              
 2005 12 26 13:48: 1.75  26.822  140.646 PDE|  3.0 5.7 4.3  17 |4.17  6 250  0.29 12 159 -4.47 77   4|353 41  -71 149 52 -106| 87 GS              
 2006 01 18 03:52:51.57  21.401  144.194 PDE|116.0 5.4 1.4  17 |1.38 11 155  0.03 17 248 -1.40 69  33|224 37 -120  79 59  -69| 96 GS              
 2006 02 14 15:27:23.34  20.821  146.180 PDE| 37.0 6.2 2.7  18 |2.36 32 183  0.75 22 288 -3.11 49  47|224 25 -157 112 80  -67| 52 GS              
 2006 02 17 02:13:29.88  24.021  141.489 PDE|157.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.45 65 196 -0.27 16  69 -3.18 19 333| 38 30   56 256 66  108| 84 GS              
 2006 08 06 18:16:39.72  26.119  144.011 PDE| 20.0 5.8 6.8  17 |6.49  2 243  0.57  6 153 -7.06 84 348|339 44  -82 148 47  -98| 84 GS              
 2007 01 30 21:37:44.37  20.980  144.705 PDE| 17.0 6.5 7.6  18 |7.55 20   7  0.03 50 250 -7.58 33 110|145 51  -10 241 82 -141| 99 GS              
 2007 03 26 07:27:55.83  22.036  142.975 PDE|  4.0 5.5 1.9  17 |1.92  6 249 -0.03 16 157 -1.90 73 359|356 41  -66 145 53 -110| 97 GS              
 2007 09 28 13:38:57.88  22.013  142.668 PDE|263.0 7.4 1.4  20 |1.59 66 283 -0.67 22  79 -0.92  8 172|287 41  125  64 57   63| 16 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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