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Magnitude 4.8 STATE OF YAP, MICRONESIA

Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 01:58:42 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 07 16 05:56:26.89  11.987  143.279 PDE|  5.0 5.4 1.5  17 |1.64 49 308 -0.34  0  38 -1.30 41 129|224  4   96  38 86   90| 59 GS              
 1998 09 22 01:16:55.45  11.822  143.154 PDE|  4.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.20 50 351  0.15  3  85 -1.35 39 178|296  7  122  84 84   87| 78 GS              
 2000 05 26 00:30: 4.87  11.359  139.245 PDE| 17.0 5.8 7.0  17 |6.66 45 278  0.71 37  55 -7.37 22 163|299 40  159  45 77   52| 81 GS              
 2002 04 15 03:52: 6.28  13.079  143.793 PDE|116.0 5.4 1.5  17 |1.27 42  24  0.45 40 246 -1.72 22 136|179 42   18  76 78  131| 48 GS              
 2002 06 10 22:48:36.21  10.985  140.690 PDE|  6.0 6.0 1.4  18 |1.39 14   4  0.09 10  97 -1.47 73 223| 80 33 -110 283 59  -78| 88 GS              
 2002 08 14 13:12:39.88   7.831  136.880 PDE|  9.0 6.2 2.7  18 |2.56 80 340  0.17  0  71 -2.74 10 161|252 35   90  71 55   90| 88 GS              
 2003 06 30 14:18:37.66  11.993  143.708 PDE|  5.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.81 56 348 -0.03  1 256 -1.78 34 165|249 11   82  76 79   91| 97 GS              
 2003 09 21 07:42:41.85  11.768  143.224 PDE| 10.0 5.5 2.1  17 |2.10 42 321  0.02 28  79 -2.12 36 192|341 28  173  78 87   62| 98 GS              
 2003 10 23 07:53:52.63  11.491  141.602 PDE|  6.0 5.5 1.9  17 |2.13 53   2 -0.44  2 269 -1.69 37 178|257  9   77  90 82   92| 59 GS              
 2004 04 10 07:35:24.40   8.044  137.215 PDE| 36.0 5.8 6.2  17 |6.63  3 232 -0.83 20 323 -5.80 70 134|302 46 -119 160 51  -64| 75 GS              
 2004 11 09 22:14:37.63  11.619  140.695 PDE| 30.0 5.5 1.9  17 |1.86 83 334  0.17  4 207 -2.03  5 117|202 40   84  30 51   95| 83 GS              
 2005 01 16 20:17:52.76  10.934  140.842 PDE| 22.0 6.5 7.6  18 |7.33 15 346  0.45 21  82 -7.78 64 222| 49 35 -129 273 64  -67| 88 GS              
 2005 01 17 10:50:32.56  10.986  140.682 PDE|  7.0 6.0 1.4  18 |1.38  8 344  0.13  6  75 -1.51 79 201| 67 37 -101 260 54  -82| 83 GS              
 2005 05 04 04:38: 6.62  11.710  143.779 PDE| 15.0 5.4 1.6  17 |1.53 11  13  0.07  2 282 -1.60 78 181|105 34  -86 281 57  -93| 91 GS              
 2005 09 02 18:35:12.71  10.364  138.324 PDE|  6.0 5.6 3.2  17 |3.35  5  75 -0.21  2 165 -3.14 85 280|163 40  -93 347 50  -87| 87 GS              
 2005 12 03 20:38:11.86  12.190  141.008 PDE|  6.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.40  2 324 -0.20 10 233 -3.20 80  64| 64 44  -75 224 48 -104| 88 GS              
 2005 12 20 05:51:12.56  12.232  140.995 PDE|  4.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.68 16 158 -0.17  2  67 -1.50 74 329|252 30  -85  66 61  -93| 80 GS              
 2007 02 15 18:29: 4.38  11.807  141.874 PDE| 53.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.72 13 321  0.11 48  66 -1.84 39 220|  8 53 -159 265 74  -39| 88 GS              
 2008 02 28 09:12:54.66  12.680  141.766 PDE|  7.0 5.5 1.9  17 |1.96 10 200 -0.06  5 291 -1.91 78  51|116 55  -83 284 35 -100| 94 GS              
 2008 04 08 02:09:16.85  12.590  143.788 PDE|  9.0 5.5 2.2  17 |2.01  2  43  0.40 83 287 -2.41  5 133|179 84   -2 269 88 -174| 67 GS              

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