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Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 08:59:36 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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 2006 12 02 09:52:13.21 -17.774 -174.314 PDE|133.0 5.8 5.8  17 |4.86 21 360  1.78 55 236 -6.64 27 101|139 55   -4 231 87 -145| 46 GS              
 2007 01 08 20:52:20.64 -18.580 -177.847 PDE|410.0 6.3 3.6  18 |3.53 41 249  0.07 48  81 -3.61  6 344| 35 57   28 289 67  144| 96 GS              
 2007 02 05 09:55:51.10 -20.609 -175.650 PDE| 22.0 5.7 5.3  17 |5.34 10 264 -0.15 78 109 -5.18  5 354| 39 79    4 309 86  169| 94 GS              
 2007 04 05 03:25: 7.54 -16.999 -176.941 PDE| 18.0 5.7 4.2  17 |4.18  7 274  0.00 82 116 -4.18  3   5| 50 83    3 319 87  173|100 GS              
 2007 05 06 21:11:52.50 -19.401 -179.354 PDE|679.0 6.4 5.6  18 |6.11 73  58 -0.95 14 202 -5.16  9 295| 41 38  113 193 56   73| 69 GS              
 2007 05 06 22:01: 8.92 -19.406 -179.315 PDE|682.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.51 74  38  0.01 13 184 -1.51  9 276| 22 38  112 175 55   74| 99 GS              
 2007 05 13 11:26:42.91 -19.513 -179.329 PDE|679.0 5.8 6.4  17 |6.99 72  58 -1.20 14 200 -5.79 11 292| 40 36  114 190 57   73| 66 GS              
 2007 05 27 18:12:34.77 -20.069 -174.519 PDE| 36.0 5.6 3.1  17 |3.19 65 116 -0.17 25 304 -3.02  3 212|279 47   56 144 53  122| 89 GS              
 2007 06 23 21:52: 3.08 -16.917 -177.069 PDE| 14.0 5.6 3.0  17 |3.03 13 266 -0.05 75 115 -2.98  7 357| 42 76    4 311 86  166| 97 GS              
 2007 07 28 08:53:13.50 -15.898 -175.288 PDE|325.0 5.3 1.3  17 |1.15  4 157  0.21 14  66 -1.36 75 262|261 43  -69  54 50 -108| 69 GS              
 2007 08 26 12:37:31.19 -17.457 -174.335 PDE|                  |     40 105                    50 285| 15 85  -90 195  5  -90|    GS              
 2007 10 08 18:37:53.70 -20.706 -177.398 PDE|323.0 5.7 5.2  17 |5.40 26 202 -0.42  2 110 -4.98 63  14|110 72  -93 300 19  -81| 84 GS              
 2008 01 22 07:55:48.88 -15.277 -175.348 PDE|  6.0 5.9 9.4  17 |0.78  1  59  0.26 84 168 -1.04  5 329| 15 88  175 105 85    2| 50 GS              
 2008 01 22 10:49:21.80 -15.419 -175.589 PDE|  4.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.44  0 344 -0.24 77 252 -1.20 12  74|119 81   -9 210 81 -170| 67 GS              
 2008 02 01 10:26: 9.82 -15.551 -175.070 PDE| 29.0 5.4 1.4  17 |1.37 31 128  0.00 58 306 -1.38  0  38|268 69   24 169 68  157|100 GS              
 2008 04 15 17:24:56.48 -18.696 -175.959 PDE| 11.0 5.6 3.0  17 |2.81 21 232  0.32 61  96 -3.13 18 329|281 88  151  12 61    2| 80 GS              
 2008 04 18 20:39: 7.14 -17.342 -179.022 PDE|566.0 6.3 3.5  18 |3.77 11 152 -0.52 35  54 -3.25 52 257|278 46  -36  35 65 -130| 72 GS              
 2008 06 15 01:13:11.93 -17.735 -179.733 PDE|611.0 5.9 9.9  17 |0.92 42  54  0.14  2 147 -1.06 47 240|101  4 -137 327 87  -87| 74 GS              
 2008 07 07 04:44:55.64 -16.428 -174.047 PDE|116.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.07 38  93  0.49 39 223 -2.55 27 338|218 84   51 121 40  170| 62 GS              
 2008 07 19 22:39:52.70 -17.337 -177.312 PDE|384.0 6.3 3.4  18 |3.26 16 211  0.31 16 306 -3.58 65  79|135 64  -71 278 32 -123| 83 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

Preliminary Earthquake Report
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