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Magnitude 7.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2003 October 31 01:06:28 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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 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 01 07:01:55.58  34.221  139.131 PDE| 18.0 6.1 1.7  18 |1.66 16  45  0.00 73 213 -1.65  3 314| 89 76  171 181 81   14|100 GS              
 2000 07 08 18:57:44.47  34.053  139.126 PDE| 22.0 5.8 6.3  17 |5.98 10  44  0.55 80 217 -6.53  1 314| 88 82  174 179 84    8| 83 GS              
 2000 07 12 19:25: 3.51  34.038  139.209 PDE| 21.0 5.3 1.0  17 |1.01 23  43  0.00 65 196 -1.01 10 309| 84 66  171 178 82   24|100 GS              
 2000 07 15 01:30:30.50  34.319  139.260 PDE| 28.0 6.0 9.5  17 |0.87 19  57  0.16 71 246 -1.03  3 148|194 75   12 101 79  165| 69 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 08 18 01:52:20.87  34.127  139.180 PDE| 21.0 5.7 4.4  17 |4.30 13  50  0.23 29 313 -4.53 58 162|173 40  -42 297 64 -122| 90 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              
 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              
 2002 04 03 23:42:12.81  41.543  141.851 PDE| 48.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.32 70 268 -0.01  8  21 -3.31 18 114|218 28  108  17 64   81| 99 GS              
 2002 07 23 20:05:31.88  37.251  142.216 PDE| 23.0 5.6 3.2  17 |3.16 58 279  0.17 10  27 -3.32 30 123|241 18  126  24 75   79| 90 GS              
 2002 10 14 14:12:43.75  41.174  142.249 PDE| 36.0 6.1 1.7  18 |1.75 57 324 -0.04 25 189 -1.71 21  89|143 33   39  19 70  117| 95 GS              

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