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Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 15:42:14 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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 2003 02 12 22:33:30.83  -3.652  144.242 PDE|  6.0 6.1 1.9  18 |1.96 78 308 -0.08 11 107 -1.88  4 198|300 42  107  98 50   75| 92 GS              
 2003 06 01 09:07: 1.90  -2.914  142.361 PDE|  6.0 5.7 3.8  17 |3.80 42 263  0.09 45  57 -3.89 13 161|293 51  157  38 72   42| 95 GS              
 2003 06 13 10:32:56.39  -3.230  140.913 PDE|  8.0 5.6 3.4  17 |3.35 48 287  0.12 42  95 -3.47  6 190|316 53  146  68 63   42| 93 GS              
 2003 07 09 07:22:39.44  -4.929  145.230 PDE| 42.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.35 57 309 -0.07 24  82 -2.28 22 182|308 31  141  73 71   65| 94 GS              
 2003 10 24 01:26:57.93  -3.471  145.395 PDE| 20.0 5.8 6.6  17 |5.37  5 322  2.38 78 208 -7.75 11  53| 98 79   -4 188 86 -169| 39 GS              
 2004 01 28 19:05:39.38  -1.682  138.984 PDE| 22.0 5.5 2.6  17 |2.19 78 146  0.82 11 298 -3.01  5  29|131 41  106 290 51   77| 46 GS              
 2004 02 03 23:09:31.63  -3.728  140.376 PDE| 34.0 5.8 5.9  17 |6.09 68 284 -0.44 15 151 -5.65 15  57|125 33   60 339 62  108| 86 GS              
 2004 03 05 00:49:33.46  -3.414  145.350 PDE| 17.0 5.5 2.6  17 |2.56 16 302  0.09 70 161 -2.66 12  35| 79 70    3 348 87  160| 93 GS              
 2004 04 11 07:37:29.85  -3.729  140.081 PDE| 18.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.13 14 130  0.15 56 243 -1.28 30  32|175 58 -168  78 80  -32| 77 GS              
 2004 11 05 05:18:35.05  -4.361  143.925 PDE|121.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.63 62 322 -0.74 26 123 -0.89  8 217|334 44  130 105 58   58|  9 GS              
 2004 12 12 16:03:37.56  -3.489  145.196 PDE| 25.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.30 13 327  0.01 72 104 -2.32 12 234| 10 72  179 100 89   18| 99 GS              
 2005 04 11 12:20: 5.96  -3.484  145.909 PDE| 15.0 6.4 5.7  18 |5.46  8 317  0.57 82 117 -6.03  3 227|  2 83  176  92 87    7| 81 GS              
 2005 08 04 09:26:52.81  -3.657  140.178 PDE| 33.0 5.7 4.8  17 |4.80 73 238  0.08  3 140 -4.88 17  49|135 28   85 321 62   93| 97 GS              
 2005 08 05 23:56:57.26  -5.596  145.658 PDE|113.0 5.3 1.0  17 |1.02 39 359 -0.05 51 179 -0.97  0  89|141 63   30  37 64  150| 90 GS              
 2005 08 08 08:33:56.73  -3.795  140.156 PDE| 14.0 5.8 5.5  17 |5.51  1 105 -0.03 55 197 -5.48 35  14|155 65 -155  54 67  -27| 99 GS              
 2005 08 15 03:15:55.26  -3.721  140.124 PDE|  9.0 5.5 2.2  17 |2.16  0 275  0.10 21 185 -2.26 69   5| 25 49  -62 166 49 -118| 91 GS              
 2005 11 22 15:11:31.58  -5.154  145.284 PDE| 68.0 6.1 2.1  18 |1.99 26 216  0.11 35 106 -2.11 44 334|355 37  -17  99 80 -126| 90 GS              
 2005 12 05 05:59:45.60  -5.407  142.006 PDE|  4.0 5.5 2.6  17 |2.61 63  56 -0.01 10 307 -2.61 26 212|282 21   63 130 71  100| 99 GS              
 2006 05 24 10:11: 7.77  -2.246  139.154 PDE| 32.0 5.7 4.2  17 |4.83 29 249 -1.33 33 138 -3.50 43  11| 31 34  -14 133 82 -123| 45 GS              
 2006 05 30 03:28:50.01  -3.749  140.065 PDE|  3.0 5.9 1.0  18 |1.14 13 275 -0.19 22 180 -0.95 64  34| 31 37  -52 167 61 -115| 67 GS              

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