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Magnitude 7.3 SOLOMON ISLANDS

2003 January 20 08:43:06 UTC

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Historical Moment Tensor Solutions

Historical Moment Tensor Solutions

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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 1996 06 03 08:15:39.55  -9.309  157.170 PDE| 21.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.23 12 309  0.10 78 139 -1.33  2  39| 84 80    7 353 83  170| 85 GS              
 1996 06 03 10:50:10.72  -9.320  157.239 PDE| 17.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.07  8 307  0.26 80 162 -1.33  6  38| 82 80    2 352 88  170| 61 GS              
 1996 07 05 18:34:42.01 -10.112  160.898 PDE| 36.0 5.6 3.1  17 |3.01 59 133  0.19 30 297 -3.20  7  31|150 46  133 277 58   54| 88 GS              
 1996 08 02 12:55:29.30 -10.769  161.445 PDE| 35.0 6.8 1.6  19 |1.61 60 108 -0.03 27 260 -1.57 12 356|117 40  134 245 62   59| 96 GS              
 1996 08 28 16:01:45.25 -10.644  161.345 PDE| 19.0 5.3 1.0  17 |1.03 70 335 -0.01 14 106 -1.02 15 200|308 32  116  98 61   74| 98 GS              
 1997 02 08 01:55:55.76  -8.473  158.957 PDE| 92.0 5.7 3.5  17 |3.43 66 152  0.18 17 286 -3.61 16  21|134 32  123 277 63   71| 90 GS              
 1997 07 05 22:46:41.01 -11.547  164.802 PDE| 13.0 5.3 1.0  17 |1.05  8 241 -0.02 13 333 -1.04 74 121|316 39 -112 163 54  -74| 96 GS              
 1997 10 06 20:52:44.61  -9.302  158.691 PDE| 20.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.39 27 328 -0.15 59 119 -1.24 13 232|  7 61  169 102 80   29| 78 GS              
 1997 10 10 18:45:52.40  -9.321  158.732 PDE| 24.0 5.8 6.6  17 |6.54 57 315  0.07 33 125 -6.61  4 218|338 50  135 101 57   50| 98 GS              
 1998 02 28 22:15:12.05  -7.845  158.440 PDE| 42.0 5.5 2.3  17 |1.89 22 172  0.88 35 279 -2.77 46  57|217 39 -157 109 76  -53| 36 GS              
 1998 03 01 06:15:51.49  -7.620  158.160 PDE| 38.0 5.5 2.0  17 |1.98 17 167 -0.05 42 273 -1.92 43  61|214 47 -157 108 74  -46| 95 GS              
 1998 11 25 18:05:25.70  -7.859  158.622 PDE| 41.0 6.2 2.2  18 |2.48 21 174 -0.48 23 273 -1.99 58  45|229 31 -138 102 70  -66| 61 GS              
 1999 12 08 13:34:44.69  -9.843  159.965 PDE| 15.0 6.0 9.5  17 |9.39 20 124  0.29 57   1 -9.67 26 224|262 57   -5 355 86 -147| 94 GS              
 2000 01 08 01:19:46.66  -9.805  159.811 PDE| 10.0 6.3 3.2  18 |3.14 18 121  0.10 60 356 -3.24 23 219|259 60   -3 351 87 -150| 94 GS              
 2000 06 09 08:41:59.74 -11.301  162.062 PDE| 15.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.20 20 103  0.21 63 328 -1.41 18 200|242 63    2 151 88  153| 70 GS              
 2000 12 22 08:30:39.17 -10.560  164.220 PDE| 17.0 5.8 6.3  17 |5.55  4  12  1.55 77 119 -7.10 13 281| 57 78 -174 326 84  -12| 56 GS              
 2001 01 02 23:17:41.97 -11.160  162.440 PDE| 32.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.17  0 124  0.02 87  26 -1.19  3 214|259 87   -2 349 88 -177| 97 GS              
 2001 03 07 00:09:24.03 -10.430  161.298 PDE| 85.0 5.7 3.5  17 |3.52 48 347  0.00 11  89 -3.53 40 188|338 11  160  88 86   79|100 GS              
 2001 05 09 17:38:26.12 -10.318  161.232 PDE| 57.0 6.2 2.5  18 |2.40 57 129  0.30 31 332 -2.70 10 235|293 44   42 170 62  126| 78 GS              
 2001 12 23 22:52:54.33  -9.613  159.530 PDE| 18.0 6.8 1.5  19 |1.64 54  82 -0.28  5 179 -1.36 35 273| 26 11  117 178 80   85| 66 GS              

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