Magnitude 4.3 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Friday, August 22, 2008 at 00:25:47 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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2005 08 24 10:15:28.19 38.564 142.987 PDE| 5.0 6.1 1.9 18 |1.90 55 300 0.03 2 32 -1.93 35 124|224 10 101 32 80 88| 97 GS
2005 08 30 18:10:45.46 38.481 143.175 PDE| 7.0 6.1 1.9 18 |1.93 53 309 0.01 5 212 -1.93 37 119|183 9 60 33 82 95| 99 GS
2005 10 19 11:44:42.79 36.405 140.839 PDE| 29.0 6.3 3.1 18 |3.12 62 302 -0.07 5 203 -3.05 27 110|188 18 74 24 73 95| 96 GS
2005 11 15 20:20:45.79 33.336 141.351 PDE| 24.0 5.7 4.5 17 |4.12 82 85 0.74 1 349 -4.87 8 258|347 37 88 169 53 91| 70 GS
2005 12 02 13:13: 9.52 38.089 142.122 PDE| 27.0 6.4 5.3 18 |5.17 58 288 0.22 7 29 -5.39 31 123|235 15 117 27 77 83| 92 GS
2005 12 16 18:32:16.42 38.506 141.900 PDE| 32.0 5.9 1.0 18 |1.08 59 309 -0.08 11 200 -1.00 29 104|166 19 55 23 75 101| 85 GS
2006 01 01 07:11:57.01 31.394 140.131 PDE| 20.0 5.6 2.9 17 |3.10 71 157 -0.31 6 48 -2.79 18 316| 37 28 77 232 63 97| 80 GS
2006 01 18 14:25:27.59 37.774 142.131 PDE| 6.0 5.7 4.2 17 |4.59 48 120 -0.80 13 16 -3.79 39 275|307 14 21 197 85 103| 65 GS
2006 02 03 04:37:36.36 36.156 141.449 PDE| 23.0 5.7 5.1 17 |5.01 57 276 0.19 11 24 -5.19 30 120|241 18 128 21 76 79| 93 GS
2006 03 28 13:32:47.62 31.713 137.746 PDE|401.0 5.9 1.0 18 |1.10 45 62 -0.13 12 163 -0.96 43 264| 69 12 176 163 89 78| 76 GS
2006 04 20 17:50:40.45 34.858 139.207 PDE| 25.0 5.6 2.7 17 |2.55 25 36 0.29 63 241 -2.83 10 131|176 65 11 81 80 155| 80 GS
2006 10 10 23:58: 4.00 37.197 142.664 PDE| 3.0 6.0 1.3 18 |1.28 50 306 0.07 7 208 -1.34 39 113|157 9 38 29 85 97| 90 GS
2007 01 15 18:17:59.25 34.892 138.640 PDE|163.0 5.9 8.5 17 |8.28 28 46 0.40 43 167 -8.68 33 295| 83 43 -176 349 87 -47| 91 GS
2007 03 25 00:41:57.82 37.336 136.588 PDE| 7.0 6.6 9.1 18 |8.86 64 16 0.43 23 223 -9.29 11 129|193 40 52 58 60 117| 91 GS
2007 04 01 02:51: 5.30 32.349 137.607 PDE|369.0 5.7 4.7 17 |5.04 43 63 -0.71 20 173 -4.32 40 281| 77 20 174 172 88 70| 72 GS
2007 07 16 01:13:22.37 37.535 138.446 PDE| 8.0 6.5 6.3 18 |6.32 85 272 -0.07 3 44 -6.24 4 134|228 42 95 41 49 86| 98 GS
2007 07 16 06:37:40.43 37.502 138.467 PDE| 10.0 5.6 3.2 17 |3.19 74 96 -0.06 13 242 -3.13 8 334| 80 38 112 233 55 74| 96 GS
2007 08 01 08:16: 0.18 33.905 136.613 PDE|367.0 5.5 2.0 17 |2.05 30 43 -0.19 46 171 -1.86 28 295| 78 47 178 169 89 43| 81 GS
2007 11 26 13:51:39.80 37.392 141.586 PDE| 29.0 5.8 6.8 17 |7.03 62 290 -0.58 2 25 -6.45 27 116| 25 73 87 214 17 99| 83 GS
2007 12 25 14:04:34.73 38.503 142.026 PDE| 30.0 6.0 1.2 18 |1.11 61 310 0.11 8 205 -1.22 26 110| 28 72 99 181 20 65| 82 GS
Latest USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
