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Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

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Sunday, August 20, 2006 at 03:41:47 UTC

Historic Moment Tensor Solutions World Location
Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green

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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 1985 11 06 08:15:39.61 -58.716  -26.223 PDE|138.0 6.2 2.6  18 |2.25 32   8  0.70 47 235 -2.95 25 115|154 47    6  60 86  137| 53 GS              
 1986 09 05 02:47:17.77 -59.493  -29.529 PDE|                  |     24 353                    11 258| 33 65  170 127 81   25|    GS              
 1986 09 13 09:28:24.46 -60.797  -36.779 PDE| 27.0 6.3 3.1  18 |3.02 38 293  0.08 44 156 -3.10 23  42| 83 45   13 344 81  134| 95 GS              
 1987 01 30 22:29:42.09 -60.063  -26.916 PDE|  4.0 7.0 3.8  19 |3.98 55 291 -0.32 23 165 -3.66 25  63|114 29   36 352 74  114| 84 GS              
 1987 02 23 02:43:39.58 -57.922  -25.350 PDE|  1.0 6.3 3.3  18 |3.28 50 309  0.08 15 201 -3.36 36 100|138 17   26  23 83  105| 95 GS              
 1989 08 03 11:07:17.97 -59.994  -26.680 PDE|  6.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.17 36 177 -0.15 47 320 -1.02 19  72|208 49  166 308 79   42| 74 GS              
 1993 01 10 14:39: 0.39 -59.274  -26.205 PDE| 68.0 6.7 1.2  19 |1.21 52  92  0.02 22 330 -1.23 29 227|272 26   30 155 78  113| 97 GS              
 1993 04 05 04:00: 5.39 -59.801  -26.312 PDE|  9.0 6.3 3.4  18 |3.39 35   2  0.09  0  92 -3.47 55 182| 91 10  -90 272 80  -90| 95 GS              
 1996 01 22 23:19:57.45 -60.614  -25.901 PDE|  4.0 6.2 2.2  18 |2.19 25 354 -0.03 32 248 -2.15 48 115|130 35  -24 240 77 -123| 97 GS              
 1997 06 02 21:24:38.43 -57.776  -25.466 PDE| 26.0 6.1 1.4  18 |1.27 69 268  0.18  8 155 -1.45 19  63|139 27   71 339 65   99| 75 GS              
 1997 10 05 18:04:30.00 -59.739  -29.198 PDE|269.0 6.3 3.5  18 |3.11 13 260  0.79  6 169 -3.91 76  53|358 33  -79 165 58  -97| 60 GS              
 2001 04 13 15:33:53.55 -59.723  -25.586 PDE| 21.0 6.2 1.9  18 |1.93 53 255 -0.11 27  28 -1.82 23 130|260 33  147  19 73   62| 89 GS              
 2002 04 18 14:17:23.94 -60.657  -25.843 PDE|  6.0 5.7 4.7  17 |4.72  4 337  0.00 17 246 -4.72 72  81| 85 44  -64 232 52 -112|100 GS              
 2003 09 06 15:46:59.92 -57.419  -25.639 PDE| 33.0 5.6 3.0  17 |3.12 81 251 -0.21  3 142 -2.91  9  51|137 36   85 324 54   94| 87 GS              
 2003 09 30 08:01:33.11 -60.318  -33.401 PDE| 14.0 5.9 7.4  17 |7.60  9 320 -0.47 80 164 -7.13  4  50| 95 81    4   5 86  171| 88 GS              
 2003 10 20 16:50:18.42 -58.090  -26.248 PDE|112.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.26  6 168  0.02 59 268 -3.28 31  74|216 64 -162 117 73  -27| 99 GS              
 2003 10 30 06:00:45.07 -60.711  -25.152 PDE|  4.0 5.7 3.9  17 |3.73  2 151  0.25 21 242 -3.98 68  55|220 47 -120  80 51  -62| 87 GS              
 2004 09 11 21:52:38.30 -57.976  -25.342 PDE| 27.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.47 77 254  0.30  0 162 -1.77 13  72|161 32   89 342 58   91| 66 GS              
 2005 05 04 14:49:26.47 -57.954  -25.593 PDE| 36.0 5.4 1.4  17 |1.49 76 192 -0.09 14   7 -1.40  1  98|202 46  110 354 48   71| 88 GS              
 2005 08 04 12:11:20.57 -59.768  -25.886 PDE| 36.0 5.6 2.7  17 |2.61 65  65  0.25 10 314 -2.86 23 220|290 24   65 138 69  101| 83 GS              

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