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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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 2004 10 09 21:26:53.69  11.422  -86.665 PDE| 34.0 6.8 2.0  19 |1.99 67  36 -0.02  3 298 -1.97 22 206|290 23   81 119 68   94| 98 GS              
 2004 11 20 08:07:22.08   9.602  -84.172 PDE|  7.0 6.4 4.8  18 |4.63 29  68  0.35 32 317 -4.99 43 190|209 34  -15 312 82 -123| 86 GS              
 2005 03 07 07:17:23.48  11.371  -85.936 PDE| 83.0 5.6 2.7  17 |2.74 58  49 -0.09  1 317 -2.65 32 226|310 13   83 137 77   92| 93 GS              
 2005 03 15 00:15:21.11  11.239  -86.067 PDE| 22.0 5.8 6.3  17 |5.75 74 334  1.16 16 152 -6.90  1 242|348 47  113 137 48   68| 66 GS              
 2005 06 30 21:26:36.00   8.447  -82.873 PDE| 24.0 5.8 6.5  17 |6.53 78 326 -0.05 12 134 -6.48  3 224|327 44  107 123 49   74| 98 GS              
 2005 07 02 02:16:43.70  11.245  -86.172 PDE| 51.0 6.5 7.8  18 |7.82 56   1 -0.02 31 152 -7.80 13 250| 15 42  141 136 65   55| 99 GS              
 2005 07 23 20:09: 5.43  12.078  -85.971 PDE|158.0 5.6 3.2  17 |2.75 75  68  0.97  2 330 -3.72 15 239|326 30   86 151 60   92| 48 GS              
 2005 08 03 11:03:15.13  11.247  -85.541 PDE| 12.0 6.2 2.9  18 |2.80 10 296  0.25 74 171 -3.06 13  28| 72 74   -3 162 88 -164| 84 GS              
 2005 08 27 18:38:20.94   6.817  -82.432 PDE| 28.0 6.1 1.9  18 |1.93 14 321  0.00 73 179 -1.93 10  54| 98 73    3   7 88  163|100 GS              
 2005 10 17 21:59:22.77  11.677  -85.850 PDE|154.0 5.7 3.9  17 |3.17 70  13  1.39 13 143 -4.56 15 237|345 32  115 136 61   75| 39 GS              
 2005 12 21 14:32:38.91   6.643  -82.755 PDE| 21.0 6.0 1.1  18 |1.08 13 309  0.11 70 179 -1.20 15  42| 85 70   -1 176 89 -160| 82 GS              
 2005 12 30 18:26:43.90   7.529  -82.266 PDE| 15.0 6.1 1.8  18 |1.78  5 316  0.01 82 189 -1.78  7  46| 91 82   -1 181 89 -172| 99 GS              
 2006 01 06 03:39:58.55   6.635  -82.337 PDE| 20.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.43 10 325  0.25 76 191 -1.68 10  57|101 76    0 191 90 -166| 70 GS              
 2006 05 01 07:47:59.89   8.165  -82.882 PDE| 19.0 5.9 8.0  17 |8.03 78 131  0.01 11 322 -8.04  2 232|310 44   73 152 48  105|100 GS              
 2006 11 18 10:05:44.30  11.111  -87.810 PDE|  5.0 5.5 2.0  17 |1.98  9 225  0.07  9 133 -2.04 77 359|326 37  -74 127 55 -102| 93 GS              
 2007 02 18 21:37:44.78   6.336  -82.706 PDE| 20.0 5.7 4.3  17 |4.03 10 327  0.61 79 164 -4.64  3  58|103 80    5  12 85  170| 74 GS              
 2007 03 09 21:01:37.80  13.261  -87.387 PDE|225.0 5.6 3.5  17 |3.08 56  50  0.75  4 315 -3.83 34 223|298 12   72 136 79   94| 61 GS              
 2007 03 14 21:59:13.05  11.514  -86.590 PDE| 28.0 5.5 2.0  17 |1.67 76  12  0.74 12 159 -2.41  7 250|353 39  109 150 53   76| 39 GS              
 2008 01 24 04:12:13.76   6.943  -82.383 PDE|  6.0 5.7 4.6  17 |4.47 14  51  0.21 59 167 -4.68 26 313|  0 82  150  95 60    9| 91 GS              
 2008 05 26 15:01:33.64   8.423  -82.968 PDE| 13.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.58  1 260 -0.61 87  19 -1.97  2 170|215 89   -2 305 88 -179| 53 GS              

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