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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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 1983 10 30 04:12:27.13  40.330   42.187 PDE| 54.0 6.8 2.0  19 |2.06  9  79 -0.13 80 231 -1.93  5 348|123 81  177 214 87    9| 87 GS              
 1988 12 07 07:41:24.20  40.987   44.185 PDE|  6.0 6.8 1.7  19 |1.67 52 291  0.05 29  67 -1.72 22 170|301 34  150  57 73   59| 94 GS              
 1990 06 20 21:00: 9.98  36.957   49.409 PDE| 17.0 7.3 1.1  20 |0.99 47 183  0.17 35 321 -1.17 22  67|202 38  156 311 76   54| 71 GS              
 1990 06 21 09:02:14.62  36.636   49.799 PDE|                  |     61 295                    29 115|205 16   90  25 74   90|    GS              
 1991 04 29 09:12:48.10  42.453   43.673 PDE|                  |     89 350                     1 170|260 44   90  80 46   90|    GS              
 1991 04 29 18:30:41.52  42.503   43.899 PDE|  7.0 6.1 1.9  18 |1.86 88 185  0.00  0  88 -1.87  2 358| 87 43   90 268 47   90|100 GS              
 1991 06 15 00:59:20.31  42.461   44.009 PDE| 21.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.51 84 263 -0.01  2 154 -1.50  6  64|152 39   87 336 51   93| 99 GS              
 1992 10 23 23:19:45.20  42.589   45.104 PDE| 12.0 6.3 4.1  18 |4.07 62 335  0.03  1 243 -4.11 28 152|238 17   86  63 73   91| 99 GS              
 1997 02 28 12:57:18.64  38.075   48.050 PDE| 23.0 5.9 1.0  18 |9.94 22  45  0.02 68 220 -9.96  2 314| 87 73  165 182 76   17|100 GS              
 1998 07 09 14:19:18.41  38.717   48.507 PDE| 22.0 5.9 7.6  17 |7.65 48 257 -0.10  5 162 -7.55 42  68|102  6   30 342 87   95| 97 GS              
 1999 06 04 09:12:50.07  40.802   47.448 PDE| 12.0 5.3 1.3  17 |1.34 86  33 -0.04  3 194 -1.30  1 284| 18 44   95 191 46   85| 94 GS              
 1999 12 03 17:06:54.70  40.358   42.346 PDE| 17.0 5.7 3.8  17 |3.86 12  80 -0.06 73 215 -3.80 12 347|123 73  180 213 90   17| 97 GS              
 2000 11 15 15:05:38.17  38.397   42.922 PDE| 67.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.45 35  17 -0.12  4 110 -2.33 55 206| 88 10 -113 291 80  -86| 90 GS              
 2000 11 25 18:09:11.42  40.245   49.946 PDE| 35.0 6.2 2.7  18 |2.64 18  28  0.03 12 122 -2.67 68 243| 98 29 -116 308 64  -76| 98 GS              
 2000 11 25 18:10:47.39  40.167   49.954 PDE| 35.0 6.2 2.7  18 |2.78  8  15 -0.11 10 106 -2.67 77 244| 94 38 -106 293 54  -78| 92 GS              
 2002 06 22 02:58:21.30  35.626   49.047 PDE|  5.0 6.5 6.9  18 |6.80 79  71  0.13  8 291 -6.93  7 200|280 39   76 117 52  101| 96 GS              
 2005 01 25 16:44:16.13  37.622   43.703 PDE| 14.0 5.8 5.7  17 |6.17 18  81 -1.00 69 294 -5.17 11 175|219 70    5 127 85  160| 68 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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