Magnitude 5.9 VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 12:37:34 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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1992 01 02 16:40:40.60 48.738 -129.233 PDE| 22.0 6.1 1.7 18 |1.61 2 90 0.10 88 259 -1.71 0 0|135 88 179 225 89 2| 88 GS
1992 04 06 13:54:40.22 50.724 -130.092 PDE| 13.0 6.7 1.2 19 |1.11 10 277 0.27 74 150 -1.38 12 9| 53 74 -2 143 88 -164| 61 GS
1994 01 03 01:26:11.40 49.721 -126.768 PDE| 19.0 5.7 4.4 17 |3.76 11 129 1.25 52 26 -5.00 36 228|262 57 -20 3 73 -145| 50 GS
1996 10 06 20:13: 9.18 49.047 -127.880 PDE| 3.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.09 0 282 0.28 75 191 -1.38 15 12| 56 79 -11 148 79 -169| 59 GS
1998 08 30 11:33:33.00 50.910 -130.660 PDE| 3.0 6.1 1.5 18 |1.47 8 114 0.04 80 251 -1.51 7 23|158 80 180 249 90 10| 95 GS
1999 07 02 11:45:31.29 49.371 -129.204 PDE| 12.0 5.9 1.0 18 |0.99 8 92 0.11 82 252 -1.10 3 2|137 83 177 227 87 7| 80 GS
2001 01 11 00:04: 3.00 48.890 -129.310 PDE| 12.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.18 10 84 0.00 80 245 -1.18 3 354|129 81 175 219 86 9|100 GS
2001 01 23 09:39:25.00 49.330 -128.790 PDE| 15.0 5.9 8.1 17 |7.72 2 81 0.75 84 194 -8.47 5 350|126 85 -178 35 88 -5| 82 GS
2001 02 17 20:11:30.00 53.920 -133.610 PDE| 12.0 6.2 2.2 18 |2.09 4 105 0.23 85 332 -2.31 4 196|241 85 0 331 90 -175| 80 GS
2001 09 14 04:45: 8.00 48.690 -128.710 PDE| 14.0 5.9 1.0 18 |0.99 11 98 0.09 77 250 -1.08 6 7|142 78 176 233 86 12| 83 GS
2001 09 16 23:20: 9.00 48.540 -128.600 PDE| 15.0 5.8 5.6 17 |5.22 6 87 0.76 80 214 -5.98 8 357|132 80 -179 42 89 -10| 75 GS
2001 10 12 05:02:34.00 52.630 -132.200 PDE| 15.0 6.0 1.1 18 |1.15 65 21 -0.03 6 125 -1.12 24 218|322 22 108 123 69 83| 95 GS
2004 07 15 12:06:52.40 49.695 -126.855 PDE| 11.0 5.9 8.1 17 |6.82 10 105 2.67 78 313 -9.49 5 196|241 79 4 150 86 169| 44 GS
2004 07 19 08:01:49.46 49.623 -126.967 PDE| 13.0 6.4 4.3 18 |4.29 15 110 -0.07 73 320 -4.23 8 203|247 74 5 156 85 164| 97 GS
2004 11 02 10:02:12.82 49.277 -128.772 PDE| 14.0 6.6 1.1 19 |1.05 9 87 0.06 81 247 -1.11 3 357|132 82 176 222 86 8| 89 GS
2005 06 09 14:00:49.90 51.554 -131.125 PDE| 14.0 5.7 5.0 17 |4.39 0 109 1.25 86 200 -5.63 4 19|154 87 -177 64 87 -3| 56 GS
2006 06 20 10:02: 7.78 51.582 -130.473 PDE| 20.0 5.6 3.2 17 |2.89 8 91 0.68 82 288 -3.57 2 182|227 83 4 136 86 173| 62 GS
2007 12 12 23:39:59.79 52.102 -131.554 PDE| 9.0 5.6 3.1 17 |2.34 13 308 1.16 74 100 -3.51 6 216|352 76 175 83 85 14| 34 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
