Magnitude 6.2 NORTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
Friday, August 28, 2009 at 01:52:06 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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1993 10 26 11:38:21.96 38.477 98.655 PDE| | 54 108 1 200|140 56 135 259 54 44| GS
2000 09 12 00:27:58.62 35.389 99.343 PDE| 14.0 6.1 1.8 18 |1.65 1 288 0.24 81 193 -1.90 9 18| 63 83 -6 153 84 -173| 75 GS
2001 11 18 21:59:52.53 35.726 93.691 PDE| 6.0 5.5 2.2 17 |2.11 78 20 0.10 6 263 -2.21 11 172|255 35 80 87 56 97| 91 GS
2001 11 19 17:45:23.45 35.763 93.672 PDE| 5.0 5.3 1.3 17 |1.13 72 87 0.28 18 275 -1.41 2 184|257 45 65 111 50 113| 60 GS
2002 12 14 13:27:29.10 39.736 97.443 PDE| 4.0 5.6 3.0 17 |2.96 82 59 0.02 7 275 -2.98 5 184|267 41 80 101 50 99| 99 GS
2003 04 17 00:48:38.58 37.529 96.476 PDE| 10.0 6.2 2.2 18 |2.17 73 73 -0.02 15 281 -2.14 8 189|262 40 66 112 54 109| 98 GS
2004 03 16 21:23:19.86 37.558 96.668 PDE| 19.0 5.2 6.8 16 |6.73 70 193 0.11 14 60 -6.84 14 327| 38 33 64 249 60 106| 97 GS
2004 05 04 05:04:58.35 37.506 96.758 PDE| 14.0 5.5 2.0 17 |1.90 1 93 0.20 82 354 -2.09 8 183|227 83 -5 318 85 -173| 81 GS
2004 05 10 23:27:25.49 37.485 96.604 PDE| 7.0 5.6 2.9 17 |2.85 60 64 0.12 27 275 -2.97 14 178|237 39 45 110 64 120| 92 GS
2008 11 10 01:22: 2.57 37.565 95.833 PDE| 17.0 6.1 1.6 18 |1.67 72 29 -0.17 6 277 -1.50 16 185|265 29 76 101 61 98| 80 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

