Magnitude 6.8 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 15:26:20 UTC
Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
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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2005 08 24 10:15:28.19 38.564 142.987 PDE| 5.0 6.1 1.9 18 |1.90 55 300 0.03 2 32 -1.93 35 124|224 10 101 32 80 88| 97 GS
2005 08 30 18:10:45.46 38.481 143.175 PDE| 7.0 6.1 1.9 18 |1.93 53 309 0.01 5 212 -1.93 37 119|183 9 60 33 82 95| 99 GS
2005 10 19 11:44:42.79 36.405 140.839 PDE| 29.0 6.3 3.1 18 |3.12 62 302 -0.07 5 203 -3.05 27 110|188 18 74 24 73 95| 96 GS
2005 11 14 21:38:51.42 38.107 144.896 PDE| 24.0 6.8 2.2 19 |2.19 11 111 0.01 8 20 -2.20 76 253|212 35 -75 14 56 -100| 99 GS
2005 12 02 13:13: 9.52 38.089 142.122 PDE| 27.0 6.4 5.3 18 |5.17 58 288 0.22 7 29 -5.39 31 123|235 15 117 27 77 83| 92 GS
2005 12 12 21:01:40.63 43.206 139.329 PDE| 9.0 5.4 1.5 17 |1.39 78 268 0.24 3 162 -1.63 11 71|157 34 84 344 56 94| 71 GS
2005 12 16 18:32:16.42 38.506 141.900 PDE| 32.0 5.9 1.0 18 |1.08 59 309 -0.08 11 200 -1.00 29 104|166 19 55 23 75 101| 85 GS
2006 01 18 14:25:27.59 37.774 142.131 PDE| 6.0 5.7 4.2 17 |4.59 48 120 -0.80 13 16 -3.79 39 275|307 14 21 197 85 103| 65 GS
2006 02 03 04:37:36.36 36.156 141.449 PDE| 23.0 5.7 5.1 17 |5.01 57 276 0.19 11 24 -5.19 30 120|241 18 128 21 76 79| 93 GS
2006 06 16 17:10:40.30 40.349 143.712 PDE| 16.0 5.5 2.1 17 |2.00 50 305 0.19 6 208 -2.18 39 113|158 8 40 28 85 96| 83 GS
2006 10 10 23:58: 4.00 37.197 142.664 PDE| 3.0 6.0 1.3 18 |1.28 50 306 0.07 7 208 -1.34 39 113|157 9 38 29 85 97| 90 GS
2007 02 17 00:02:56.76 41.794 143.553 PDE| 29.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.17 56 271 0.00 16 26 -1.17 29 125|253 22 139 22 76 73|100 GS
2007 03 18 01:25:24.11 42.159 144.004 PDE| 30.0 5.5 2.6 17 |2.57 62 258 -0.03 23 41 -2.54 15 138|257 36 132 29 64 64| 98 GS
2007 04 18 15:07:31.60 42.658 141.861 PDE|112.0 5.5 1.9 17 |2.35 19 324 -0.83 45 214 -1.51 39 70|100 47 -16 201 78 -136| 29 GS
2007 05 18 15:59:58.53 41.597 141.991 PDE| 50.0 5.5 2.1 17 |2.02 62 300 0.10 20 167 -2.12 19 70|131 32 49 356 67 112| 91 GS
2007 07 01 04:12: 7.75 43.663 144.734 PDE|128.0 5.8 5.7 17 |5.64 39 1 0.03 25 249 -5.68 41 135|156 25 -3 249 89 -115| 99 GS
2007 07 16 01:13:22.37 37.535 138.446 PDE| 8.0 6.5 6.3 18 |6.32 85 272 -0.07 3 44 -6.24 4 134|228 42 95 41 49 86| 98 GS
2007 07 16 06:37:40.43 37.502 138.467 PDE| 10.0 5.6 3.2 17 |3.19 74 96 -0.06 13 242 -3.13 8 334| 80 38 112 233 55 74| 96 GS
2007 11 26 13:51:39.80 37.392 141.586 PDE| 29.0 5.8 6.8 17 |7.03 62 290 -0.58 2 25 -6.45 27 116| 25 73 87 214 17 99| 83 GS
2007 12 25 14:04:34.73 38.503 142.026 PDE| 30.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.11 61 310 0.11 8 205 -1.22 26 110| 28 72 99 181 20 65| 82 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
