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Historical USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

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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 09 18 17:34:20.67  11.435  -85.471 PDE|191.0 5.6 2.9  17 |2.71 68  48  0.47  1 140 -3.18 22 230|321 23   91 140 67   89| 70 GS              
 1996 11 17 19:17:41.98  11.081  -86.052 PDE| 23.0 6.0 9.5  17 |9.36 58   6  0.34 26 149 -9.70 17 248| 11 37  138 137 67   61| 93 GS              
 1997 04 01 15:11:49.00   7.774  -82.401 PDE| 17.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.31  3 325  0.00 79 221 -1.31 10  55|100 81   -5 191 85 -171|100 GS              
 1998 10 09 11:54:36.17  11.321  -86.451 PDE| 21.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.12 41   4  0.05 45 154 -1.17 16 260| 33 49  159 137 74   43| 91 GS              
 1998 11 17 03:57:58.99   7.666  -82.780 PDE| 35.0 5.9 7.7  17 |7.64  7 310  0.07 81 163 -7.72  5  41| 86 82    2 356 88  172| 98 GS              
 1999 08 20 10:02:21.10   9.044  -84.159 PDE| 25.0 6.8 1.6  19 |1.63 67  23  0.00  4 122 -1.63 23 214|312 23  101 121 68   86|100 GS              
 2000 07 21 01:53:35.81   9.416  -85.329 PDE|  4.0 6.4 5.2  18 |5.02 31  19  0.26  4 112 -5.28 58 209| 95 14 -107 293 76  -86| 90 GS              
 2000 12 12 05:26:45.94   6.015  -82.679 PDE| 17.0 6.1 1.7  18 |1.56 15 319  0.20 75 157 -1.76  5  50| 96 76    7   4 83  166| 77 GS              
 2001 03 18 15:43:21.31  12.540  -87.399 PDE| 34.0 5.7 3.7  17 |3.14 75 333  1.04 15 145 -4.18  2 236|341 45  112 132 49   70| 50 GS              
 2001 08 25 02:02: 2.50   7.633  -82.766 PDE| 26.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.51  3 302  0.15 86 168 -1.66  3  32| 77 86    0 167 90 -176| 82 GS              
 2001 11 09 00:47:55.02   9.643  -82.300 PDE|  6.0 6.1 1.4  18 |1.40 61 350  0.06 22 128 -1.46 18 226|346 34  134 118 66   65| 92 GS              
 2002 06 16 02:46:14.03   8.784  -83.992 PDE|  8.0 6.4 3.8  18 |3.74 56  29  0.19  7 289 -3.93 33 194|260 14   61 110 78   97| 90 GS              
 2002 07 31 00:16:44.61   7.929  -82.793 PDE| 12.0 6.5 6.3  18 |6.47  9 123 -0.41 77 345 -6.06  8 215|259 77    1 169 89  167| 87 GS              
 2002 08 03 02:39: 1.84   8.264  -82.822 PDE| 17.0 5.7 4.2  17 |3.90 31 343  0.60 58 176 -4.50  6  76|124 64   19  25 73  153| 73 GS              
 2002 08 04 00:21:42.88  11.373  -87.312 PDE| 23.0 5.5 1.7  17 |1.75  8  22 -0.02 11 114 -1.73 76 255|100 38 -108 302 54  -77| 98 GS              
 2002 08 07 23:59:14.54   7.851  -82.895 PDE|  9.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.23 13 149 -0.10 77 334 -1.13  1 239|285 80    8 193 82  170| 84 GS              
 2003 02 01 13:47:46.82   7.469  -81.815 PDE| 16.0 5.6 3.1  17 |3.10 21   6 -0.06 44 118 -3.04 38 258| 48 46 -166 308 80  -45| 96 GS              
 2003 04 11 06:12:54.58   7.033  -82.353 PDE| 20.0 6.2 2.2  18 |2.01 12 321  0.36 71 191 -2.37 14  54| 97 71   -1 188 89 -161| 70 GS              
 2003 09 04 23:40:11.81   7.884  -82.203 PDE| 22.0 5.7 4.3  17 |4.04 12 310  0.61 77 155 -4.65  5  41| 86 78    5 355 85  168| 74 GS              
 2003 12 25 07:11:11.59   8.416  -82.824 PDE| 35.0 6.5 6.7  18 |5.90  4 325  1.70 85 186 -7.60  4  55|100 85    0  10 90  175| 55 GS              

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