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Magnitude 3.3 SOUTHERN ALASKA

Friday, August 29, 2008 at 05:16:07 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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 1983 07 12 15:10: 3.40  61.031 -147.286 PDE| 35.0 6.5 7.8  18 |7.66 23 319  0.17 25  61 -7.83 54 192|  9 31 -146 249 73  -63| 96 GS              
 1983 09 07 19:22: 5.15  60.976 -147.500 PDE| 39.0 6.4 4.3  18 |4.30 19 319  0.00 19  55 -4.30 63 187| 21 31 -129 244 66  -69|100 GS              
 1985 03 09 14:08: 4.38  66.239 -150.029 PDE| 14.0 6.1 1.8  18 |1.56  1  84  0.54 84 180 -2.10  6 354|129 85 -176  39 86   -5| 49 GS              
 1987 11 17 08:46:53.32  58.586 -143.270 PDE| 18.0 7.1 6.3  19 |6.70  5 318 -0.82 82  85 -5.89  6 227|  3 82 -179 273 89   -8| 76 GS              
 1987 11 30 19:23:19.59  58.679 -142.786 PDE| 20.0 7.8 6.6  20 |6.57  1 131  0.10 88 239 -6.67  2  41|176 88 -179  86 89   -2| 97 GS              
 1992 08 07 18:19:20.44  57.589 -142.846 PDE|  7.0 6.8 2.2  19 |1.98 12 291  0.49 75 153 -2.48 10  23| 67 75    1 337 89  165| 60 GS              
 1995 10 06 05:23:18.54  65.170 -148.565 PDE| 21.0 6.0 1.2  18 |1.28  3 237 -0.11 64 333 -1.17 25 145|284 70 -164 188 75  -21| 83 GS              
 1995 12 30 02:07:17.80  63.212 -150.605 PDE|141.0 5.6 3.7  17 |3.72 29 325 -0.01 42 206 -3.71 35  77|108 42   -6 202 86 -132| 99 GS              
 1996 07 04 11:39:39.86  61.852 -150.830 PDE| 60.0 5.3 1.2  17 |1.10 23 264  0.17 23   4 -1.26 56 133|317 30 -141 192 72  -66| 73 GS              
 1996 10 22 22:15: 2.53  63.347 -145.359 PDE|  6.0 5.8 5.6  17 |5.50 86  57  0.15  4 271 -5.66  2 180|267 43   85  94 48   95| 95 GS              
 1999 05 27 08:08:58.74  58.652 -137.184 PDE|  8.0 5.6 3.0  17 |3.06 48 271 -0.05 38  62 -3.01 15 164|293 45  151  45 70   49| 97 GS              
 2000 01 06 10:42:25.00  58.040 -136.870 PDE| 14.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.38  1 117  0.18 85  16 -1.56  5 207|252 86   -3 342 87 -176| 77 GS              
 2000 03 01 23:05:14.53  60.167 -145.887 PDE| 17.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.77 47 346  0.00 11 244 -1.77 41 144|168 12   14  64 87  101|100 GS              
 2001 06 26 14:05:37.00  61.340 -140.070 PDE|  7.0 5.7 4.0  17 |4.00 75  26 -0.07  1 292 -3.93 15 202|290 30   88 113 60   91| 97 GS              
 2002 10 23 11:27:19.43  63.514 -147.912 PDE| 14.0 6.7 1.4  19 |1.46  5 225 -0.05 83 357 -1.42  5 134|269 83 -180 179 90   -7| 93 GS              
 2002 11 03 22:12:41.00  63.517 -147.444 PDE|                  |     68 206                    13 331|255 60  110  39 36   59|    GS              
 2004 08 25 02:22:18.03  61.588 -146.416 PDE| 50.0 5.2 9.2  16 |9.61 21 340 -0.87 19 243 -8.74 61 114|100 30  -48 235 68 -111| 82 GS              
 2005 02 11 21:00:23.05  60.104 -139.343 PDE|  8.0 5.5 2.0  17 |1.97 39 259 -0.03 44  39 -1.94 21 151|288 46  165  29 79   45| 97 GS              
 2006 02 05 08:17: 1.37  66.297 -142.686 PDE| 24.0 5.5 2.5  17 |2.22  1  94  0.52 77 187 -2.74 13   4|140 81 -171  49 82   -9| 62 GS              
 2007 01 09 15:49:33.48  59.420 -137.118 PDE|  8.0 5.6 3.7  17 |3.65 67  97  0.02 22 294 -3.67  6 202|268 43   56 131 55  118| 99 GS              

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