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lightedmantoday at 4:05 AM1 replyview on HN

Beachball (moment tensor) says it's a thrust fault with a ton of lateral movement (aka attempted subduction.) https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tkt2... eyeballs filled in are pretty much thrust faults and horizontal like that means subduction-possible movement.


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ttultoday at 5:49 AM

What is the moment tensor in this context?