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Magnitude 5.6 TAIWAN REGION

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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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 2005 06 01 16:20: 4.89  24.716  122.064 PDE| 65.0 5.4 1.6  17 |1.36 68  43  0.47 15 176 -1.83 15 270| 21 33  120 168 62   72| 49 GS              
 2005 09 06 01:16: 2.35  24.084  122.191 PDE| 16.0 5.7 4.3  17 |4.95 51 333 -1.26 11 229 -3.69 36 131|175 14   35  51 82  101| 49 GS              
 2005 10 15 15:51: 8.13  25.309  123.351 PDE|184.0 6.4 5.7  18 |4.03 37 288  3.25 36  50 -7.28 33 168|316 36  176  49 88   54| 11 GS              
 2006 04 01 10:02:19.57  22.868  121.278 PDE|  8.0 6.1 2.0  18 |2.05 36  31  0.00 53 226 -2.04  7 126|175 60   22  74 71  148|100 GS              
 2006 04 15 22:40:54.23  22.802  121.362 PDE|  8.0 5.9 9.7  17 |9.39 72 177  0.51 18   4 -9.90  2 273|346 46   65 200 50  114| 90 GS              
 2006 05 07 01:53: 3.65  21.555  120.812 PDE| 39.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.82 21  61  0.05  9 154 -1.86 67 265|135 25 -111 338 67  -81| 95 GS              
 2006 07 28 07:40:11.84  24.183  122.526 PDE| 33.0 5.8 6.5  17 |6.46 61 292  0.17 24  76 -6.63 15 173|293 36  133  64 64   63| 95 GS              
 2006 08 27 17:11:17.47  24.953  122.936 PDE|129.0 5.4 1.5  17 |1.51 49 357 -0.02  9 256 -1.49 39 159|197 10   30  77 85   99| 97 GS              
 2006 10 09 10:01:47.40  20.654  120.023 PDE| 22.0 6.1 1.9  18 |1.76  3  66  0.23  3 336 -1.99 86 198|159 42  -85 333 48  -94| 77 GS              
 2006 10 11 06:43:53.81  20.712  120.084 PDE|  7.0 5.7 4.9  17 |4.75 23 245  0.28  8 151 -5.03 65  43|351 23  -69 148 68  -99| 89 GS              
 2006 10 12 14:46:29.92  24.148  122.627 PDE| 30.0 5.7 4.2  17 |3.94 57 296  0.50 19  58 -4.44 25 158|283 26  138  52 73   70| 77 GS              
 2006 12 26 12:26:21.14  21.799  120.547 PDE|  5.0 7.1 5.7  19 |5.38 38  72  0.54  8 335 -5.92 51 235|206 11  -39 334 83  -98| 82 GS              
 2006 12 27 02:30:36.54  21.999  120.482 PDE| 37.0 5.5 2.1  17 |2.16 26 356 -0.04 56 220 -2.12 20  97|138 56    5  45 86  146| 96 GS              
 2007 01 25 10:59:17.65  22.564  121.926 PDE| 36.0 6.0 1.4  18 |1.38 11  26 -0.04 79 204 -1.34  0 296| 71 82  172 162 82    8| 94 GS              
 2007 04 20 00:26:40.60  25.722  125.093 PDE|  6.0 6.0 1.4  18 |1.50  7 154 -0.14  9 245 -1.37 79  27|234 39 -104  72 52  -79| 81 GS              
 2007 04 20 01:45:56.11  25.710  125.108 PDE|  7.0 6.2 2.2  18 |2.27  3 164 -0.10 22 255 -2.17 68  67|232 47 -121  93 51  -61| 91 GS              
 2007 04 20 05:23:11.28  25.683  125.244 PDE|  7.0 5.5 1.9  17 |1.99  7 156 -0.15 29 250 -1.84 60  53|216 46 -133  90 58  -55| 85 GS              
 2007 04 21 00:32:24.85  21.136  122.129 PDE| 15.0 5.5 2.1  17 |1.82  4 163  0.64 83  38 -2.46  5 253|298 83   -1  28 89 -173| 48 GS              
 2007 07 31 15:07:35.32  27.343  126.897 PDE| 28.0 5.9 7.6  17 |6.76  4 315  1.70 80 201 -8.46  9  46| 90 81   -3 181 87 -171| 60 GS              
 2007 08 07 00:02:24.20  27.292  126.836 PDE| 26.0 5.9 9.6  17 |0.85  4 319  0.22 80 209 -1.06 10  50| 94 80   -4 185 86 -170| 58 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

Preliminary Earthquake Report
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