Magnitude 4.6 WESTERN XIZANG
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 13:30:00 UTC
Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions
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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1980 07 29 14:58:40.80 29.598 81.092 PDE| 16.0 6.4 4.2 18 |4.20 69 25 0.07 6 279 -4.27 20 187|266 26 75 102 65 97| 97 GS
1982 01 23 17:37:30.26 31.696 82.246 PDE| 17.0 6.2 2.9 18 |2.81 1 95 0.18 31 4 -2.99 59 186|212 52 -49 338 53 -130| 88 GS
1986 06 20 17:12:46.94 31.240 86.847 PDE| 16.0 6.1 1.6 18 |1.61 5 101 0.00 84 258 -1.61 2 11|146 85 178 236 88 5|100 GS
1986 07 06 19:24:22.99 34.424 80.161 PDE| 8.0 5.7 4.3 17 |4.49 14 157 -0.37 44 53 -4.13 43 260|288 50 -24 35 72 -137| 84 GS
1997 01 05 08:47:25.40 29.845 80.532 PDE| 14.0 5.4 1.6 17 |1.80 55 38 -0.40 21 275 -1.40 26 174|225 26 37 101 75 112| 56 GS
1999 03 28 19:05:11.03 30.512 79.403 PDE| 7.0 6.5 7.6 18 |7.63 53 27 0.00 5 290 -7.63 37 196|257 10 57 111 82 95|100 GS
2001 03 05 15:50: 6.96 34.369 86.902 PDE| 5.0 5.7 3.9 17 |4.03 2 122 -0.26 27 213 -3.77 63 28|187 49 -127 56 53 -55| 87 GS
2002 06 04 14:36: 5.80 30.595 81.440 PDE| 6.0 5.5 1.9 17 |1.90 10 99 -0.05 31 195 -1.85 57 353|157 44 -137 33 62 -55| 95 GS
2004 07 11 23:08:44.18 30.694 83.672 PDE| 8.0 6.2 2.2 18 |2.20 1 82 -0.07 9 172 -2.12 81 348|162 45 -103 1 46 -77| 94 GS
2004 10 26 02:11:33.44 31.024 81.154 PDE| 9.0 5.4 1.8 17 |1.77 3 62 0.09 12 152 -1.86 78 319|140 44 -107 343 49 -74| 90 GS
2005 04 07 20:04:41.06 30.491 83.662 PDE| 6.0 6.2 2.4 18 |2.47 1 261 -0.08 4 351 -2.40 86 162|347 44 -96 175 46 -84| 94 GS
2007 05 05 08:51:39.09 34.248 81.967 PDE| 7.0 5.8 6.5 17 |6.49 6 90 -0.06 28 183 -6.43 61 350|152 46 -131 24 57 -56| 98 GS
2008 01 09 08:26:45.49 32.288 85.166 PDE| 7.0 6.3 3.0 18 |3.00 5 95 -0.07 18 3 -2.92 71 200|349 53 -113 204 43 -63| 95 GS
2008 01 16 11:54:44.12 32.331 85.158 PDE| 5.0 5.7 4.1 17 |4.06 1 105 0.15 26 15 -4.22 63 197|352 52 -125 220 50 -54| 93 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver