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Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Magnitude 6.9 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 06:22:09 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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 2004 04 14 01:33: 5.30 -17.848 -174.559 PDE|133.0 6.0 1.0  18 |0.96 60 310  0.06  7 209 -1.03 29 115|186 17   67  30 75   97| 88 GS              
 2004 04 28 11:45:17.12 -16.494 -173.041 PDE| 47.0 5.7 4.6  17 |4.24 10 215  0.63 34 312 -4.87 54 110|271 45 -141 151 63  -52| 74 GS              
 2004 05 03 19:33:16.38 -18.044 -172.550 PDE| 27.0 5.7 4.2  17 |4.24 41  42 -0.08 44 188 -4.16 18 296| 71 47  161 174 76   44| 96 GS              
 2004 05 06 15:16:22.34 -15.759 -175.071 PDE|282.0 5.7 3.9  17 |4.00 28 111 -0.13  4 203 -3.86 62 301|190 17 -104  25 73  -86| 94 GS              
 2004 05 16 07:50:33.47 -15.340 -173.423 PDE| 52.0 5.8 5.7  17 |5.21 75 160  0.94  9 285 -6.15 12  17|119 34  106 279 58   79| 69 GS              
 2004 06 04 02:38:28.00 -16.052 -173.854 PDE| 66.0 5.4 1.6  17 |1.61 53 134  0.09  9 235 -1.70 36 332|101 12  136 234 81   81| 89 GS              
 2004 07 01 05:43:58.43 -15.346 -173.554 PDE| 64.0 5.8 6.4  17 |7.54 48 246 -2.21 13 351 -5.33 39  92|239 14  159 350 85   77| 41 GS              
 2004 09 03 12:16:49.69 -15.192 -173.375 PDE|  7.0 5.6 2.7  17 |2.68 41 286  0.06  7  22 -2.74 48 119|321  8 -151 202 86  -83| 96 GS              
 2004 09 03 19:04:47.98 -15.254 -173.340 PDE| 14.0 6.2 2.5  18 |2.50 11 344  0.11 71 220 -2.60 16  77|120 71   -3 211 87 -161| 92 GS              
 2004 09 03 23:18:16.94 -15.038 -173.479 PDE| 11.0 5.6 2.7  17 |2.64 24 345  0.10 39 234 -2.74 41  98|123 41  -16 225 80 -130| 93 GS              
 2004 09 04 20:24: 7.78 -14.829 -173.243 PDE|  5.0 5.6 3.2  17 |3.33 52 314 -0.23 15 204 -3.11 34 104|149 18   34  27 80  105| 86 GS              
 2004 09 08 11:00:18.45 -15.153 -173.429 PDE| 19.0 5.8 4.9  17 |5.03 68 189 -0.19  3 286 -4.84 22  17|112 23   97 285 67   87| 92 GS              
 2004 10 09 15:44:24.38 -15.186 -173.284 PDE| 35.0 5.9 8.3  17 |8.21 12 256  0.14 55 148 -8.35 32 353| 30 58  -16 128 77 -147| 97 GS              
 2004 10 11 22:03:46.92 -14.816 -175.076 PDE| 13.0 5.7 4.5  17 |4.63 12 308 -0.29 78 142 -4.33  3  39| 84 80    7 353 83  169| 87 GS              
 2004 11 21 11:07:13.65 -15.403 -174.908 PDE|267.0 6.0 9.6  17 |9.63 25 101  0.00  5   9 -9.63 65 268|202 21  -76   7 70  -95|100 GS              
 2004 12 18 17:15:26.43 -16.052 -174.785 PDE| 21.0 5.8 4.8  17 |4.87  1 254 -0.10 87   4 -4.77  3 164|299 87 -179 209 89   -3| 96 GS              
 2005 02 10 07:10:35.61 -15.111 -173.745 PDE| 46.0 5.5 2.1  17 |2.18 30 231 -0.11 26 125 -2.08 48   2| 11 28  -21 120 80 -116| 90 GS              
 2005 03 19 15:02:42.67 -20.407 -174.337 PDE| 30.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.28 68 219 -0.01 21  17 -1.27  8 110|222 42  122   2 56   65| 98 GS              
 2005 05 18 10:27: 6.41 -15.318 -173.240 PDE| 21.0 6.1 1.4  18 |1.32 61 293  0.08 21 161 -1.39 20  63|122 31   47 350 68  112| 88 GS              
 2005 08 06 09:56:13.54 -19.614 -175.850 PDE|217.0 6.0 1.0  18 |1.00 30 116  0.01  8  22 -1.02 59 279|228 17  -63  20 75  -98| 98 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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