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Magnitude 5.2 WESTERN XIZANG

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 01:28:07 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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 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
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