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Table 1 List of focal mechanism solutions for large (Mw ≥ 6.0) earthquakes with calculated rake angles and λ during Period I

From: Can the regional 3D stress field according to the Wallace–Bott hypothesis predict fault slip directions of future large earthquakes?

No.

Year

Month

Day

Hour

Minute

Second

Longitude (deg.)

Latitude (deg.)

Depth (km)

Mw

Strike (deg.)

Dip angle (deg.)

Rake angle (deg.)

Region

Variance reduction (%)

Calculated rake angle (deg.)

Misfit angle (deg.)

1

1997

3

26

17

31

47.90

130.3613

31.9693

8

6.1

103

88

− 9

NW_KAGOSHIMA_PREF

91.17

− 7.27

− 1.73

2

1997

5

13

14

38

27.59

130.3050

31.9448

11

6.0

191

88

− 175

NW_KAGOSHIMA_PREF

95.30

175.48

9.52

3

1997

10

9

6

20

57.88

145.0528

41.8923

8

6.0

201

85

75

SE_OFF_TOKACHI

83.24

27.82

47.18

4

2000

6

15

20

10

48.51

132.1110

29.3328

11

6.1

180

18

− 103

N_PHILIPPINE_BASIN

92.69

− 100.98

− 2.02

5

2000

7

1

16

1

56.72

139.2217

34.2053

5

6.2

352

75

− 52

NEAR_NIIJIMA_ISLAND

90.67

− 20.83

− 31.17

6

2000

7

15

10

30

32.30

139.2533

34.4235

8

6.0

16

78

− 8

NEAR_NIIJIMA_ISLAND

92.76

− 11.78

3.78

7

2000

7

30

21

25

46.58

139.4002

33.9617

11

6.4

11

85

− 13

NEAR_MIYAKEJIMA_ISLAND

90.42

− 19.48

6.48

8

2000

10

3

13

13

28.21

143.3983

40.1547

26

6.0

195

31

78

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

86.09

75.51

2.49

9

2000

10

6

13

30

18.03

133.3498

35.2752

11

6.6

150

85

− 9

WESTERN_TOTTORI_PREF

92.18

− 9.29

0.29

10

2001

5

25

9

40

54.17

148.7072

44.3185

23

6.6

227

25

108

SE_OFF_ETOROFU

80.79

114.74

− 6.74

11

2002

8

20

19

59

32.68

142.1067

30.9912

5

6.0

198

39

114

NEAR_TORISHIMA_IS

89.30

106.57

7.43

12

2003

7

26

7

13

31.52

141.1745

38.4020

5

6.1

186

52

87

NORTHERN_MIYAGI_PREF

88.48

82.58

4.42

13

2003

9

26

4

50

7.64

144.0785

41.7797

23

7.9

31

78

81

SE_OFF_TOKACHI

87.14

72.99

8.01

14

2003

9

27

5

38

22.31

144.7320

42.0232

26

6.0

262

36

156

SE_OFF_TOKACHI

86.13

151.81

4.19

15

2003

10

31

10

6

30.67

142.6995

37.8292

26

6.7

27

64

95

SE_OFF_MIYAGI_PREF

93.26

94.46

0.54

16

2004

5

30

5

56

6.04

141.8623

34.1045

5

6.2

169

25

43

FAR_SE_OFF_BOSO_PEN

52.15

45.02

− 2.02

17

2004

7

22

18

45

13.37

129.0357

26.4382

23

6.1

71

59

− 12

NEAR_OKINAWAJIMA_ISLAND

80.53

92.77

− 104.77

18

2004

9

5

19

7

7.50

136.8005

33.0297

14

7.2

86

38

89

SE_OFF_KII_PENINSULA

91.37

89.82

− 0.82

19

2004

9

5

23

57

16.93

137.1423

33.1435

11

7.5

245

62

62

SE_OFF_KII_PENINSULA

91.01

60.08

1.92

20

2004

9

7

8

29

36.27

137.2958

33.2057

11

6.5

74

42

61

SE_OFF_KII_PENINSULA

77.40

72.69

− 11.69

21

2004

9

8

23

58

23.16

137.2905

33.1143

5

6.1

239

37

54

SE_OFF_KII_PENINSULA

75.68

82.29

− 28.29

22

2004

10

23

17

56

0.30

138.8703

37.2895

5

6.6

27

43

87

MID_NIIGATA_PREF

88.13

92.36

− 5.36

23

2004

10

23

18

34

5.69

138.9332

37.3033

11

6.3

221

59

94

MID_NIIGATA_PREF

84.43

94.93

− 0.93

24

2004

11

11

19

2

46.17

144.4895

42.0777

29

6.1

264

36

158

SE_OFF_TOKACHI

87.64

158.23

− 0.23

25

2005

1

19

15

11

30.30

141.9928

33.9525

11

6.5

7

48

105

FAR_SE_OFF_BOSO_PEN

93.54

− 37.90

142.90

26

2005

3

20

10

53

40.32

130.1763

33.7392

11

6.6

213

79

− 177

NW_OFF_KYUSHU

95.47

169.49

13.51

27

2005

8

31

3

10

40.29

143.4805

38.4115

23

6.0

232

38

116

FAR_E_OFF_MIYAGI_PREF

90.91

114.37

1.63

28

2005

11

15

6

38

52.08

144.8895

38.0305

14

7.0

178

63

− 105

FAR_E_OFF_NORTH_HONSHU

93.86

− 108.51

3.51

29

2006

10

24

6

17

16.94

140.3513

29.1742

5

6.4

318

56

− 99

NEAR_TORISHIMA_IS

77.11

− 98.15

− 0.85