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Magnitude 5.0 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN

Monday, July 09, 2007 at 07:05:11 UTC

Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

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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 1998 12 16 00:18:45.00  31.287  131.286 PDE| 27.0 5.9 9.9  17 |1.08 52 298 -0.17 20  56 -0.91 31 159|295 24  151  52 79   69| 69 GS              
 1999 01 24 00:37: 4.63  30.618  131.086 PDE| 20.0 6.3 3.0  18 |3.27 37 290 -0.49 13 190 -2.78 50  84| 71 14  -28 188 83 -103| 70 GS              
 1999 04 29 07:46: 8.61  28.867  131.148 PDE| 20.0 5.8 7.1  17 |7.33 37 277 -0.44  3   9 -6.89 53 103|348  8 -111 189 82  -87| 88 GS              
 2000 06 06 14:57: 2.22  29.424  131.421 PDE| 30.0 6.3 3.1  18 |3.19 53 234 -0.17 36  67 -3.03  6 332| 29 50   39 271 61  133| 89 GS              
 2000 06 15 11:10:46.21  29.368  132.082 PDE|  5.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.62 16 109 -0.05  3 200 -1.58 74 300|195 29  -96  21 61  -87| 94 GS              
 2000 06 25 06:34:42.88  31.183  131.206 PDE| 26.0 5.9 9.9  17 |9.92 60 318  0.03 12 207 -9.95 28 111|173 20   54  30 74  102| 99 GS              
 2000 10 02 07:29:42.74  29.443  129.388 PDE| 19.0 5.3 1.1  17 |1.17  3 320 -0.11  8  50 -1.06 81 209| 41 43 -102 237 49  -79| 81 GS              
 2000 10 02 07:44:10.54  29.520  129.396 PDE| 23.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.32 21 329  0.01  0 239 -2.33 69 149| 59 24  -90 239 66  -90| 99 GS              
 2001 08 17 22:25:49.01  25.748  126.190 PDE| 18.0 5.9 8.1  17 |8.99 12  45 -1.74  8 137 -7.25 76 261|125 34 -105 322 57  -80| 61 GS              
 2001 08 20 04:12:37.47  25.653  126.208 PDE| 16.0 5.3 1.2  17 |1.24 10  38 -0.10 28 133 -1.14 60 290| 98 42 -134 330 61  -58| 84 GS              
 2001 10 30 21:04:24.75  28.579  128.280 PDE|126.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.75 11  91  0.03 31 188 -1.78 57 344|148 44 -138  26 63  -55| 97 GS              
 2001 12 08 20:29:34.23  28.251  129.574 PDE| 31.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.29 55 254  0.44  2 161 -1.72 35  70|151 10   80 342 80   92| 49 GS              
 2003 07 09 17:15:14.64  29.736  129.968 PDE| 53.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.10  3  71  0.30 20 340 -2.41 70 170|181 45  -61 323 52 -116| 75 GS              
 2004 09 23 01:55:23.89  25.075  127.147 PDE| 26.0 5.3 9.5  16 |9.32 77   1  0.44  8 234 -9.76 10 142|223 36   77  59 55  100| 91 GS              
 2004 12 29 13:20:29.28  28.919  130.444 PDE| 33.0 5.6 3.7  17 |3.54 65 303  0.34  5 203 -3.87 25 111|191 21   77  25 70   95| 82 GS              
 2005 05 31 02:04:15.24  31.400  131.202 PDE| 31.0 5.7 3.9  17 |3.49 67 323  0.74  4 224 -4.23 23 132|214 22   79  45 68   94| 65 GS              
 2005 11 21 15:36:30.98  31.019  129.997 PDE|145.0 6.1 1.9  18 |1.90 52 253  0.01 18   7 -1.90 32 108|244 20  149   4 80   72| 99 GS              
 2005 12 03 16:10:39.55  29.338  130.290 PDE| 26.0 5.9 1.0  18 |0.94 64 307  0.13  1 215 -1.07 26 124|212 20   87  35 71   91| 76 GS              
 2006 08 12 18:39:17.24  28.789  130.016 PDE| 21.0 5.4 1.5  17 |1.49 68 321  0.03  7 214 -1.52 21 122|199 24   73  37 67   98| 96 GS              
 2006 08 31 22:58:25.80  28.798  130.030 PDE| 29.0 5.5 2.5  17 |2.38 76 233  0.22 14  57 -2.60  1 327| 43 46   70 250 48  109| 83 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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