Historical USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
Magnitude 7.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at 02:46:28 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
The most recent (20 or less) USGS Moment Tensor Solutions are shown.
Data from the Source Parameter Database.
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
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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2003 04 07 18:28:37.38 36.296 141.679 PDE| 24.0 5.8 6.4 17 |6.11 67 306 0.57 3 209 -6.68 23 118|203 22 83 30 68 93| 83 GS
2003 05 26 09:24:33.40 38.849 141.568 PDE| 66.0 7.0 4.1 19 |4.02 66 107 0.21 2 12 -4.23 24 281| 6 21 84 193 69 92| 90 GS
2003 07 25 15:13: 7.72 38.432 141.003 PDE| 14.0 5.3 1.1 17 |1.18 71 178 -0.08 19 360 -1.10 0 269|341 48 64 197 49 116| 86 GS
2003 07 25 22:13:29.97 38.415 140.996 PDE| 6.0 5.9 9.2 17 |9.33 89 249 -0.16 0 357 -9.17 1 87|177 44 91 357 46 89| 97 GS
2003 08 30 10:06:39.97 41.864 142.552 PDE| 54.0 5.5 2.1 17 |2.10 62 260 -0.07 24 49 -2.03 13 145|264 39 131 35 62 62| 93 GS
2003 09 20 03:54:50.78 34.998 140.172 PDE| 55.0 5.6 3.3 17 |3.27 46 195 0.01 44 13 -3.28 1 104|229 58 144 340 60 37| 99 GS
2003 09 25 19:50: 6.36 41.815 143.910 PDE| 13.0 8.1 1.6 21 |1.56 52 309 0.08 2 41 -1.64 38 132|234 7 103 41 83 88| 90 GS
2003 09 26 20:38:22.10 41.988 144.576 PDE| 20.0 6.0 9.8 17 |1.02 47 328 -0.07 31 198 -0.95 27 91|133 33 22 25 78 122| 86 GS
2003 09 29 21:22:11.70 41.400 144.151 PDE| 15.0 5.5 2.0 17 |1.99 62 289 0.02 7 186 -2.02 27 93|166 19 69 8 72 97| 98 GS
2003 10 09 06:52:57.44 41.471 143.508 PDE| 26.0 5.6 2.5 17 |2.43 57 261 0.12 5 359 -2.54 32 93|202 14 113 358 77 85| 91 GS
2003 10 11 00:08:49.14 41.924 144.358 PDE| 18.0 5.8 6.0 17 |6.03 56 321 -0.01 26 184 -6.02 20 84|137 34 38 14 70 118|100 GS
2003 10 31 01:06:28.28 37.812 142.619 PDE| 7.0 7.0 3.4 19 |3.55 53 304 -0.32 4 39 -3.23 37 132|246 9 117 39 82 86| 82 GS
2003 11 01 13:10: 7.66 37.742 143.083 PDE| 10.0 5.9 8.5 17 |8.39 50 283 0.22 4 18 -8.61 40 111|234 6 126 18 85 86| 95 GS
2003 11 14 18:43:51.14 36.396 141.072 PDE| 31.0 5.6 3.1 17 |3.12 62 290 -0.05 8 185 -3.08 26 91|163 20 66 8 72 98| 97 GS
2004 03 26 15:20: 6.62 41.863 144.209 PDE| 17.0 5.8 6.0 17 |6.01 54 307 0.07 3 212 -6.08 36 119|190 9 68 32 81 94| 98 GS
2004 04 03 23:02: 0.87 36.428 141.008 PDE| 28.0 5.9 8.9 17 |8.83 61 288 0.07 3 24 -8.90 29 116|215 17 101 23 74 87| 98 GS
2004 05 29 03:47:10.77 37.752 141.881 PDE| 32.0 5.7 4.5 17 |4.46 61 298 0.07 5 200 -4.53 29 107|184 17 74 21 74 95| 97 GS
2004 05 29 20:56: 9.60 34.251 141.406 PDE| 4.0 6.5 6.9 18 |6.75 40 263 0.34 16 7 -7.09 46 115|289 17 -169 188 87 -74| 90 GS
2004 07 17 06:10:18.07 34.746 140.218 PDE| 67.0 5.4 1.5 17 |1.55 18 164 -0.15 38 269 -1.40 47 55|212 43 -154 103 73 -50| 81 GS
2004 08 10 06:13:33.24 39.633 141.956 PDE| 50.0 5.7 3.8 17 |3.76 69 252 0.08 19 46 -3.84 9 139|250 40 120 33 56 67| 96 GS
