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Magnitude 4.8 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 07:45:09 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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 2005 02 06 04:24:18.63  13.855   93.580 PDE| 33.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.78 45  20  0.05 36 157 -1.83 23 265| 41 39  159 147 77   53| 95 GS              
 2005 02 06 06:07:55.13   8.070   94.062 PDE|  7.0 5.4 1.7  17 |2.08  6 104 -0.79 34  10 -1.29 56 202|225 49  -43 346 59 -130| 24 GS              
 2005 02 16 08:19:41.47   8.097   93.945 PDE| 12.0 5.9 9.0  17 |8.46  1 130  1.05 82  34 -9.51  8 220|265 84   -5 355 85 -174| 78 GS              
 2005 02 22 17:12: 0.64  10.829   91.772 PDE| 12.0 5.5 2.3  17 |2.41 89 138 -0.13  0  32 -2.27  1 302| 32 44   90 213 46   90| 89 GS              
 2005 02 25 13:31:14.87   7.831   94.101 PDE| 14.0 5.5 2.4  17 |2.48  7 105 -0.18 78 231 -2.30  9  14|150 78 -178  60 88  -12| 85 GS              
 2005 05 04 02:32:41.25   9.291   91.688 PDE| 10.0 5.3 1.2  17 |1.25 83  52 -0.04  6 207 -1.21  3 297| 34 42   99 201 48   82| 94 GS              
 2005 07 13 00:29:29.81  10.351   92.903 PDE| 39.0 5.5 2.2  17 |2.10 57  43  0.11 27 184 -2.21 18 284| 49 36  141 172 68   61| 90 GS              
 2005 07 24 15:42: 6.21   7.920   92.190 PDE| 16.0 7.1 6.5  19 |6.55 15  78 -0.02 74 243 -6.53  4 347|122 77  172 213 82   13| 99 GS              
 2005 07 25 03:26:17.60   8.123   91.926 PDE| 19.0 5.5 2.5  17 |2.51  9  58 -0.01 24 324 -2.49 64 166|174 42  -52 307 58 -119| 99 GS              
 2005 08 09 11:22:59.86   7.738   94.130 PDE| 32.0 5.5 2.1  17 |2.09  8 276 -0.01 80 134 -2.09  6   7| 52 80    1 322 89  170| 99 GS              
 2005 09 13 14:32:57.82   8.073   91.912 PDE|  8.0 5.5 2.2  17 |2.36  9  74 -0.27 15 341 -2.09 72 194|181 38  -65 331 56 -108| 77 GS              
 2005 10 11 03:37:56.85  10.894   92.296 PDE|  5.0 5.4 1.5  17 |1.46 55  50  0.03  3 144 -1.49 35 236|340 10  106 144 80   87| 96 GS              
 2006 01 21 04:07: 3.71  13.002   93.245 PDE| 36.0 5.6 3.3  17 |3.28 69  55 -0.02 19 208 -3.26  9 301| 51 40  120 195 56   68| 99 GS              
 2006 02 03 20:34:10.98  11.860   92.372 PDE| 18.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.32 59  87  0.04  8 345 -1.36 30 250|318 16   62 167 76   98| 94 GS              
 2006 03 16 13:59:22.00  10.798   94.426 PDE|  6.0 5.3 1.1  17 |1.13  4 160  0.02  6 251 -1.15 82  39|244 41 -100  76 49  -82| 97 GS              
 2006 12 22 19:50:44.63  10.653   92.361 PDE| 17.0 6.1 1.9  18 |1.93 51  47 -0.01 20 164 -1.92 32 267| 45 23  154 160 80   69| 99 GS              
 2007 01 08 12:48:40.51   8.077   92.437 PDE|  8.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.52 85  18  0.08  4 166 -1.59  2 256|351 43   96 163 48   85| 90 GS              
 2007 04 10 13:56:53.89  12.990   92.525 PDE| 21.0 5.4 1.5  17 |1.50  9 143  0.08 28  48 -1.58 60 249|262 44  -47  30 60 -123| 90 GS              
 2007 07 25 23:37:31.52   7.157   92.518 PDE|  5.0 6.1 1.6  18 |1.64 83 227  0.00  4 358 -1.64  5  89|184 40   97 354 50   84|100 GS              
 2008 01 14 13:38:35.99  10.413   92.869 PDE| 35.0 5.6 3.6  17 |4.09 65  65 -1.62  2 162 -2.48 24 253|350 21   98 161 70   87| 21 GS              

Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

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