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Magnitude 6.6 KURIL ISLANDS

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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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 2006 09 30 17:50:23.05  46.351  153.166 PDE|  7.0 6.6 1.0  19 |1.06 54 298 -0.05  5  35 -1.01 36 129|246 11  121  34 81   85| 91 GS              
 2006 10 01 09:06: 2.32  46.470  153.240 PDE|  9.0 6.5 6.0  18 |6.04 52 303 -0.16  8  44 -5.89 37 140|273 11  139  43 83   82| 95 GS              
 2006 10 13 13:47:39.18  46.238  153.277 PDE| 11.0 5.9 9.7  17 |0.90 79 300  0.15  2  40 -1.04 10 130|222 35   93  38 55   88| 71 GS              
 2006 11 12 21:27:42.44  48.281  154.246 PDE| 31.0 5.9 7.5  17 |7.48 75 295  0.07  4  41 -7.55 15 132|228 31   99  39 60   85| 98 GS              
 2006 11 15 11:14:13.57  46.592  153.266 PDE|  7.0 7.9 8.7  20 |8.23 58 316  0.94  8  60 -9.17 31 155|270 16  121  58 76   81| 79 GS              
 2006 11 15 21:22:21.46  47.278  154.146 PDE| 17.0 5.9 1.0  18 |1.06 32 327 -0.03 14 228 -1.02 54 118| 97 18  -39 225 79 -104| 94 GS              
 2006 11 16 06:20:20.77  46.358  154.468 PDE|  4.0 5.9 9.7  17 |9.74  5 139  0.03  1 229 -9.77 85 330|228 40  -91  50 50  -89| 99 GS              
 2006 11 19 15:16:52.20  46.901  154.891 PDE|  5.0 5.5 2.0  17 |1.98 16 316  0.09  4  47 -2.07 73 150| 41 29  -98 229 61  -86| 91 GS              
 2006 11 23 20:04:46.60  47.536  154.199 PDE| 24.0 5.4 1.6  17 |1.57 80 352  0.05  7 213 -1.61  6 122|204 39   79  39 52   99| 94 GS              
 2006 11 24 15:34:10.17  46.762  153.774 PDE| 10.0 5.5 1.9  17 |1.88 16 330  0.02 19  65 -1.90 65 202| 35 34 -125 255 63  -69| 98 GS              
 2006 12 07 19:10:21.85  46.153  154.386 PDE|  7.0 6.3 3.5  18 |3.49 13 163  0.10 10 255 -3.59 74  23|239 34 -109  81 58  -78| 94 GS              
 2006 12 09 14:48:54.18  47.435  147.055 PDE|393.0 5.8 7.0  17 |6.52 42  81  0.88  6 176 -7.40 47 273|106  7 -160 357 88  -84| 76 GS              
 2006 12 15 16:59: 2.39  46.407  153.042 PDE| 15.0 5.5 2.2  17 |2.31 87 359 -0.14  3 186 -2.18  0  96|183 45   86   9 45   94| 88 GS              
 2007 01 13 04:23:21.16  46.243  154.524 PDE| 10.0 7.9 7.8  20 |7.77 39 197 -0.03 15  94 -7.75 47 347|348 16  -16  93 86 -106| 99 GS              
 2007 03 11 07:09:26.71  43.988  147.891 PDE| 46.0 5.8 5.4  17 |5.31 51  10  0.15 35 222 -5.46 16 121|172 42   32  57 69  127| 95 GS              
 2007 03 12 18:59:25.24  46.897  151.770 PDE|120.0 5.6 3.5  17 |4.31 27 284 -1.64 54  59 -2.67 22 182|322 55  176  54 87   35| 24 GS              
 2007 04 09 10:18: 4.58  48.304  154.695 PDE| 27.0 5.7 4.6  17 |4.82 60 334 -0.47 19 206 -4.35 22 108|167 29   47  34 70  111| 80 GS              
 2007 04 15 04:12:30.19  47.002  153.435 PDE| 31.0 5.5 1.9  17 |1.71 77 152  0.39 11 357 -2.10  5 266|344 41   72 186 51  105| 63 GS              
 2007 09 03 16:14:53.57  45.836  150.060 PDE|                  |     34  14                     8 278| 50 60  160 150 73   32|    GS              
 2007 10 25 13:50: 4.26  46.011  154.231 PDE| 15.0 5.9 9.2  17 |8.61 28 359  1.13 60 196 -9.74  7  93| 43 76  153 140 64   16| 77 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

Preliminary Earthquake Report
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