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Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 18:11:04 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 11 11 15:10:30.60  -5.994  148.593 PDE| 35.0 5.9 8.6  17 |8.26 72 355  0.61 16 153 -8.86  6 245|353 41  115 140 53   69| 86 GS              
 2006 11 24 12:31: 9.49  -5.997  150.483 PDE| 24.0 5.8 7.1  17 |7.18 69  14 -0.25  3 275 -6.93 21 184|268 25   82  97 66   94| 93 GS              
 2007 01 22 19:25:49.47  -3.321  146.350 PDE| 10.0 5.7 3.8  17 |3.08  7 135  1.43 81 279 -4.51  5  44|179 81  178 269 88    9| 37 GS              
 2007 02 12 02:08:56.04  -5.002  144.980 PDE| 42.0 5.8 6.6  17 |6.49 84 105  0.14  5 318 -6.63  3 228|313 42   83 143 48   97| 96 GS              
 2007 05 12 11:31: 3.04  -5.463  146.108 PDE| 39.0 5.8 6.8  17 |6.82 85  31  0.06  1 129 -6.88  5 219|309 40   91 128 50   89| 98 GS              
 2007 06 01 19:22: 5.61  -3.454  148.668 PDE| 18.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.66  9 330  0.19 80 177 -1.85  5  60|105 80    3  15 87  170| 79 GS              
 2007 06 07 00:40:38.13  -3.316  146.761 PDE| 29.0 6.2 2.4  18 |2.37  6 324  0.15 83 175 -2.51  3  55|100 84    2   9 88  174| 88 GS              
 2007 06 18 06:18:45.68  -3.550  150.962 PDE| 16.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.36  2 178  0.35 88 343 -1.71  1  88|223 88  179 313 89    2| 59 GS              
 2007 07 23 00:08:32.57  -4.469  149.854 PDE|555.0 5.9 8.1  17 |8.92 22  73 -1.58 35 179 -7.34 47 317|119 38 -156  10 76  -54| 65 GS              
 2007 10 01 13:50:24.74  -3.158  148.223 PDE|  2.0 5.8 6.9  17 |7.08 47 335 -0.39 25  96 -6.70 31 203| 93 81   64 345 27  161| 89 GS              
 2007 11 22 08:48:27.53  -5.757  147.098 PDE| 74.0 6.7 1.5  19 |1.62 84 151 -0.21  3 280 -1.41  3  10|104 41   95 278 49   86| 74 GS              
 2007 12 03 21:52:45.58  -6.374  148.463 PDE| 30.0 5.7 4.9  17 |4.61 70  17  0.50  4 273 -5.11 18 181|264 27   79  96 63   95| 80 GS              
 2007 12 10 12:10: 7.25  -3.568  144.439 PDE|  7.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.22 31 278  0.21 54 127 -2.42 13  17|324 78  146  62 57   14| 83 GS              
 2008 01 01 18:54:59.01  -5.878  146.884 PDE| 35.0 6.1 2.0  18 |1.91 81 341  0.15  5 108 -2.06  6 199|295 38   98 105 52   83| 85 GS              
 2008 01 24 22:29:53.06  -6.026  146.619 PDE| 31.0 5.7 5.0  17 |4.90 38  27  0.20 39 256 -5.10 26 141|180 40   11  82 83  130| 92 GS              
 2008 02 03 17:10:25.19  -6.065  149.873 PDE| 30.0 5.3 9.7  16 |1.10 74   7 -0.35  3 110 -0.75 15 202|298 30   98 109 61   86| 36 GS              
 2008 07 11 09:58:49.93  -2.943  147.821 PDE|  2.0 5.7 4.6  17 |5.10 47 303 -1.31 14 197 -3.78 38  95| 19 85  105 126 15   18| 49 GS              
 2008 07 20 21:13:36.34  -3.792  150.896 PDE|  4.0 5.5 1.9  17 |1.65 11 349  0.44 78 178 -2.08  1  80|125 81    7  34 83  171| 58 GS              
 2008 07 25 20:11: 7.50  -5.808  146.658 PDE| 31.0 5.3 1.3  17 |1.12 83  51  0.36  3 285 -1.48  5 195|281 40   84 109 50   95| 51 GS              
 2008 08 30 06:54: 7.61  -6.146  147.258 PDE| 75.0 6.3 3.2  18 |3.51 42  10 -0.65 44 217 -2.86 13 113| 56 72  137 162 50   24| 63 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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