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Magnitude 7.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2003 May 26 09:24:32 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

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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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 1997 11 23 03:51: 0.44  39.959  138.829 PDE| 15.0 5.6 2.8  17 |2.77 83 222  0.01  7  35 -2.78  1 125|222 45  100  29 46   80| 99 GS              
 1998 04 09 08:45:40.93  36.920  140.824 PDE| 83.0 5.5 2.1  17 |2.05 20 338  0.01 17 241 -2.06 63 113| 95 29  -53 234 67 -109| 99 GS              
 1998 05 14 18:56:23.49  40.254  143.253 PDE| 13.0 6.0 1.0  18 |1.01 52 308  0.00 13 201 -1.01 35 101|145 16   33  23 81  103|100 GS              
 1998 05 30 18:18:15.60  39.027  143.441 PDE| 24.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.63 48 310 -0.02 23 192 -1.60 33  87|125 24   21  16 81  113| 98 GS              
 1998 06 14 13:17: 8.09  35.372  140.520 PDE| 17.0 5.7 3.6  17 |3.60 38 301  0.00  3  33 -3.60 52 127| 11  8 -112 213 83  -87|100 GS              
 1998 09 03 07:58:21.10  39.716  140.760 PDE|  5.0 5.9 7.4  17 |7.42 64 228  0.00 21   9 -7.42 15 105|222 35  128 358 63   67|100 GS              
 1999 03 02 07:12:20.78  35.592  141.751 PDE|  9.0 5.9 8.7  17 |8.61 49 270  0.11 15  18 -8.71 37 119|262 16  156  16 83   75| 97 GS              
 1999 03 18 17:55:43.24  41.097  142.971 PDE| 26.0 5.9 6.8  17 |7.52 54 297 -1.44  1  29 -6.09 36 119|215  9   96  28 81   89| 62 GS              
 1999 10 02 21:08:41.11  40.186  143.040 PDE| 19.0 5.6 2.9  17 |3.36 51 300 -0.93  2  33 -2.42 39 125|234  7  112  33 84   88| 45 GS              
 1999 11 15 01:34:35.80  38.304  142.309 PDE| 36.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.42 67 252 -0.30 17  26 -3.12 16 121|234 32  122  17 63   71| 82 GS              
 2000 06 03 08:54:49.20  35.552  140.464 PDE| 43.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.44 65 259  0.13  6   3 -1.56 24  95|199 22  108   0 69   83| 83 GS              
 2000 07 20 18:39:18.82  36.510  140.983 PDE| 30.0 6.0 9.7  17 |9.77 62 326 -0.06  7 222 -9.71 26 128|201 20   68  44 72   98| 99 GS              
 2000 07 21 05:16:37.64  35.181  141.066 PDE| 21.0 5.7 3.5  17 |3.51 58 349  0.03  0 259 -3.53 32 168|256 13   88  79 77   90| 98 GS              
 2000 10 03 04:13:30.49  40.282  143.124 PDE| 18.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.32 53 295 -0.01  0 205 -1.31 37 115|203  8   88  25 82   90| 98 GS              
 2000 11 13 15:57:21.61  42.489  144.765 PDE| 30.0 5.9 8.0  17 |9.22 56 297 -2.44  5 201 -6.78 34 107|178 12   67  21 79   95| 47 GS              
 2000 11 14 03:52:59.15  42.521  144.785 PDE| 30.0 5.5 2.0  17 |2.15 60 283 -0.30  8  28 -1.85 28 122|233 18  116  25 74   82| 72 GS              
 2001 02 24 21:53:54.19  37.217  142.146 PDE| 19.0 5.8 6.2  17 |6.10 47 283  0.24  1 192 -6.34 43 100|159  3   57  12 88   91| 92 GS              
 2001 04 02 19:54:18.40  40.589  141.772 PDE| 57.0 5.4 1.6  17 |1.89 13 348 -0.55 16 254 -1.34 69 116| 98 35  -62 245 60 -108| 42 GS              
 2001 08 13 20:11:23.40  41.046  142.308 PDE| 36.0 6.4 5.2  18 |5.29 63 294 -0.24  1 202 -5.04 27 111|198 18   86  22 72   91| 91 GS              
 2001 12 02 13:01:53.67  39.402  141.089 PDE|112.0 6.5 6.4  18 |6.38 39 259 -0.02  6 354 -6.36 50  90|308  8 -136 174 85  -84| 99 GS              

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