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Magnitude 6.8 NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE

2003 June 20 13:30:38 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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 1997 11 03 19:17:33.81 -30.744  -71.224 PDE| 43.0 6.2 2.3  18 |2.28 81  70  0.02  3 177 -2.30  9 267|  1 36   95 175 54   87| 98 GS              
 1998 01 12 10:14: 7.63 -30.985  -71.410 PDE| 36.0 6.6 9.7  18 |0.82 76 167  0.29 13   9 -1.12  5 278|354 42   70 200 51  107| 48 GS              
 1998 06 07 16:10:46.25 -31.518  -67.833 PDE|110.0 5.9 8.1  17 |8.74  1  88 -1.19 45 180 -7.55 45 357|143 59 -146  33 61  -36| 73 GS              
 1998 07 29 07:14:24.08 -32.312  -71.286 PDE| 54.0 6.4 5.0  18 |5.11 71 203 -0.20 11 328 -4.91 15  61|167 31  112 322 61   77| 92 GS              
 1998 09 03 17:37:58.24 -29.450  -71.715 PDE| 28.0 6.5 6.0  18 |5.41 57 152  1.22 23  22 -6.64 23 282|336 30   40 210 71  114| 63 GS              
 1999 08 04 16:49:50.76 -31.656  -68.079 PDE|112.0 5.4 1.3  17 |1.36  2 247 -0.08 36 156 -1.28 54 339|  8 54  -43 127 56 -135| 88 GS              
 1999 09 29 18:01:31.83 -30.738  -71.993 PDE|  3.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.13 58  63 -0.02  0 332 -1.11 32 242|331 13   89 152 77   90| 96 GS              
 1999 12 04 17:06:51.07 -28.500  -71.221 PDE| 36.0 5.7 3.5  17 |3.43 71 220  0.12 14 357 -3.55 13  90|198 35  116 348 59   73| 93 GS              
 2000 06 16 07:55:35.39 -33.877  -70.088 PDE|114.0 6.4 4.5  18 |4.71 22 116 -0.42  6  24 -4.29 67 278|218 24  -74  21 67  -97| 82 GS              
 2001 01 07 10:18:20.23 -33.443  -72.233 PDE| 22.0 5.9 9.0  17 |8.40 58  69  1.24 23 203 -9.65 20 302| 66 32  138 193 69   65| 74 GS              
 2001 03 15 13:02:42.11 -32.321  -71.492 PDE| 35.0 6.0 9.8  17 |1.03 59 325 -0.10 27 174 -0.93 13  77|136 40   45   9 63  121| 81 GS              
 2001 03 31 06:54:15.58 -29.402  -68.327 PDE|115.0 5.4 1.4  17 |1.54  2 234 -0.26 55 142 -1.29 35 326|  4 64  -25 106 68 -152| 66 GS              
 2001 04 09 09:00:57.17 -32.668  -73.109 PDE|  6.0 6.7 1.1  19 |1.09 20 142  0.00  3 233 -1.09 69 330|227 25  -97  54 66  -87|100 GS              
 2001 04 21 18:15:46.83 -29.103  -67.520 PDE|133.0 5.8 5.9  17 |6.23 13  37 -0.71 57 285 -5.51 29 134|172 60  -12 268 79 -149| 77 GS              
 2001 07 24 17:42:41.50 -32.855  -71.582 PDE| 40.0 5.4 1.2  17 |0.89 84  11  0.54  4 149 -1.44  4 239|333 41   96 145 49   84| 25 GS              
 2001 10 17 02:34:41.25 -28.493  -68.916 PDE|115.0 5.4 1.4  17 |1.36  5 242  0.08  4 332 -1.44 84 102|327 40  -96 156 50  -85| 89 GS              
 2002 04 01 19:59:32.48 -29.670  -71.384 PDE| 68.0 6.4 4.6  18 |4.09 22 140  0.93 31  35 -5.03 50 258|272 36  -28  25 74 -123| 63 GS              
 2002 04 18 16:08:36.78 -27.535  -70.586 PDE| 73.0 6.7 1.2  19 |1.17 64 148 -0.02 26 341 -1.15  5 248|313 46   53 180 55  122| 97 GS              
 2002 05 23 15:52:15.28 -30.749  -71.197 PDE| 39.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.09 78  47  0.00 10 199 -1.10  5 290| 31 41  106 190 51   77|100 GS              
 2002 05 24 00:23:15.93 -31.971  -70.947 PDE| 52.0 5.7 3.6  17 |3.05 80 348  1.04  9 195 -4.09  4 104|185 41   77  22 50  101| 49 GS              

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