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Magnitude 6.4 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA

2003 February 24 02:03:41 UTC

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Historical USGS 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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 1983 02 13 01:40:10.98  39.945   75.135 PDE| 21.0 6.2 2.6  18 |2.47  4  99  0.29 83 335 -2.77  6 189|234 83   -1 324 89 -173| 79 GS              
 1985 08 23 12:41:56.16  39.431   75.224 PDE| 36.0 6.7 1.4  19 |1.43 50 335  0.00  0 244 -1.43 40 154|239  5   85  64 85   90|100 GS              
 1987 01 24 08:09:21.30  41.529   79.318 PDE| 14.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.17 64 213  0.00 24  56 -1.17  9 322| 27 42   53 252 58  118|100 GS              
 1988 03 26 22:58:42.87  38.309   73.234 PDE|126.0 5.5 1.9  17 |1.87 13  69  0.09 38 169 -1.95 49 324|120 46 -149   8 68  -48| 91 GS              
 1990 03 05 20:47: 0.76  36.907   73.021 PDE| 22.0 6.2 2.0  18 |1.98 18  54 -0.01 16 319 -1.98 65 191|169 30  -57 311 65 -108| 99 GS              
 1990 04 17 01:59:33.40  39.436   74.900 PDE|  8.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.14 26  86  0.00 63 247 -1.15  8 352|126 66  166 221 78   25|100 GS              
 1990 11 12 12:28:51.52  42.959   78.071 PDE| 19.0 6.4 5.2  18 |5.02  9  70  0.31 81 239 -5.34  2 339|114 82  175 205 85    8| 88 GS              
 1992 08 19 02:04:37.41  42.142   73.575 PDE|  7.0 7.3 9.1  19 |8.98 57  86  0.33 29 232 -9.31 16 331| 95 39  140 218 66   59| 93 GS              
 1995 11 01 12:29:26.73  42.942   80.307 PDE| 14.0 5.1 4.5  16 |4.62 57 332 -0.29 11  80 -4.33 30 177|298 18  130  77 76   78| 87 GS              
 1996 03 19 15:00:26.09  39.993   76.696 PDE| 19.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.48 66  12 -0.01 19 233 -1.47 15 137|203 34   55  63 62  111| 99 GS              
 1997 01 09 13:43:31.59  41.026   74.284 PDE| 14.0 5.7 4.1  17 |4.11 78 317  0.04  9  96 -4.16  8 187|287 38  105  89 53   79| 98 GS              
 1997 04 05 23:46:19.57  39.513   76.865 PDE| 14.0 5.9 7.8  17 |8.15  9 116 -0.62 66 228 -7.53 22  22|161 68 -171  67 81  -22| 85 GS              
 1997 04 06 04:36:35.22  39.537   76.998 PDE|  8.0 5.8 6.2  17 |6.70 15 108 -0.92  4  17 -5.78 74 272|203 30  -82  14 60  -95| 73 GS              
 1997 04 11 05:34:42.78  39.527   76.941 PDE|  8.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.15  0 290  0.00  1 200 -1.16 89  40| 21 45  -89 199 45  -91|100 GS              
 1997 04 15 18:19:10.18  39.634   76.992 PDE|  7.0 5.8 5.4  17 |5.32 10 295  0.06 28 200 -5.38 60  43| 55 43  -46 182 61 -123| 98 GS              
 1998 03 19 13:51:33.73  39.977   76.731 PDE| 13.0 5.6 3.0  17 |3.04 45 351 -0.02  2 259 -3.01 45 167|165  2   -3 259 90  -92| 99 GS              
 1998 05 28 21:11:44.13  37.388   78.843 PDE| 10.0 5.6 3.1  17 |3.13 40 198  0.03 15 301 -3.16 46  47|224 15 -167 122 87  -75| 98 GS              
 1998 05 29 22:49:34.14  41.173   75.655 PDE| 17.0 5.2 7.9  16 |8.01 83 103 -0.25  7 260 -7.76  3 350| 87 43  100 254 48   81| 94 GS              
 1998 08 02 04:40:46.49  39.573   76.999 PDE|  5.0 5.6 3.3  17 |2.98 38 140  0.70 13 240 -3.68 50 345|176 14 -154  61 84  -77| 62 GS              
 1998 08 27 09:03:36.66  39.660   77.343 PDE| 15.0 6.4 4.2  18 |4.02  3  95  0.29 83 206 -4.30  7   5|140 83 -177  50 87   -7| 87 GS              

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