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Table 3 List of focal mechanism solutions for large (Mw ≥ 6.0) earthquakes with calculated rake angles and λ during Period III

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.)

54

2011

3

11

14

46

18.12

142.8610

38.1035

20

8.7

22

63

91

FAR_E_OFF_MIYAGI_PREF

71.75

98.01

− 7.01

55

2011

3

11

15

25

44.40

144.8940

37.8367

20

7.6

12

41

− 92

FAR_E_OFF_NORTH_HONSHU

83.58

− 90.15

− 1.85

56

2011

3

11

16

14

56.80

142.0688

36.5553

23

6.5

220

21

113

FAR_E_OFF_IBARAKI_PREF

66.51

119.89

− 6.89

57

2011

3

12

0

13

12.15

142.0298

36.0373

11

6.1

87

33

158

FAR_E_OFF_IBARAKI_PREF

50.69

51.93

106.07

58

2011

3

12

3

59

15.62

138.5978

36.9860

5

6.2

242

38

117

MID_NIIGATA_PREF

74.52

113.18

3.82

59

2011

3

12

4

2

56.21

143.3052

39.2263

20

6.1

94

26

− 64

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

84.05

4.06

− 68.06

60

2011

3

12

4

46

47.65

139.0697

40.4168

5

6.1

26

79

− 152

W_OFF_AOMORI_PREF

84.79

96.56

111.44

61

2011

3

12

5

11

21.02

142.7725

38.8572

5

6.0

309

41

− 93

FAR_E_OFF_MIYAGI_PREF

88.02

− 114.31

21.31

62

2011

3

12

10

47

12.63

142.7565

37.4712

8

6.4

191

31

− 127

FAR_E_OFF_FUKUSHIMA_PREF

80.22

74.22

158.78

63

2011

3

13

10

26

2.08

141.9723

35.8282

8

6.2

123

66

− 127

FAR_E_OFF_IBARAKI_PREF

83.07

− 124.49

− 2.51

64

2011

3

14

15

12

33.99

142.5877

37.8047

17

6.0

139

40

− 177

SE_OFF_MIYAGI_PREF

73.22

44.72

138.28

65

2011

3

16

0

23

52.38

143.4743

40.3712

20

6.1

33

74

107

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

78.22

107.58

− 0.58

66

2011

3

22

16

18

40.84

144.2480

37.0860

8

6.3

209

42

− 99

FAR_E_OFF_NORTH_HONSHU

77.26

− 59.36

− 39.64

67

2011

3

22

18

44

25.48

143.6610

39.9193

11

6.3

156

42

36

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

80.86

36.55

− 0.55

68

2011

3

22

18

46

13.68

141.2890

37.3328

26

6.1

331

55

− 178

E_OFF_FUKUSHIMA_PREF

84.61

127.10

54.90

69

2011

3

28

7

23

57.02

142.3463

38.3837

20

6.1

281

67

− 101

E_OFF_MIYAGI_PREF

84.19

− 75.21

− 25.79

70

2011

3

29

19

54

30.44

142.4697

37.4087

23

6.2

353

46

− 130

SE_OFF_MIYAGI_PREF

74.58

86.08

143.92

71

2011

4

11

17

16

12.02

140.6727

36.9457

5

6.6

132

50

− 82

EASTERN_FUKUSHIMA_PREF

86.83

34.30

− 116.30

72

2011

4

12

8

8

15.89

140.8680

35.4817

26

6.3

304

77

162

NEAR_CHOSHI_CITY

68.62

154.57

7.43

73

2011

4

14

4

57

18.56

143.8072

39.6505

17

6.1

22

58

93

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

81.42

89.80

3.20

74

2011

5

5

23

58

19.13

144.1190

38.2122

8

6.0

178

48

− 122

FAR_E_OFF_NORTH_HONSHU

74.81

− 98.60

− 23.40

75

2011

8

17

20

44

8.67

143.7637

36.7687

5

6.1

46

35

− 92

FAR_E_OFF_CENTRAL_HONSHU

77.94

67.07

− 159.07

76

2011

9

17

4

26

35.86

143.0862

40.2592

20

6.7

26

77

100

NE_OFF_IWATE_PREF

88.08

98.48

1.52

77

2011

9

17

6

8

2.54

143.2128

40.2473

20

6.0

199

20

87

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

75.74

78.98

8.02

78

2012

3

14

18

8

33.09

145.2275

40.7753

8

7.0

91

64

− 87

FAR_SE_OFF_HOKKAIDO

89.44

− 73.45

− 13.55

79

2012

5

20

16

20

33.75

143.6212

39.5372

20

6.2

159

29

48

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

69.57

45.65

2.35

80

2012

6

6

4

31

33.33

141.3707

34.9927

17

6.2

127

85

172

E_OFF_BOSO_PENINSULA

70.91

− 55.76

− 132.24

81

2012

10

2

7

21

42.63

143.5205

39.8328

20

6.0

40

74

110

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

82.73

106.90

3.10

82

2012

12

7

17

18

20.28

144.3153

37.8158

11

7.3

6

77

− 100

FAR_E_OFF_NORTH_HONSHU

80.85

135.62

124.38

83

2012

12

7

17

31

10.24

143.8557

37.9198

14

6.1

201

48

− 93

FAR_E_OFF_MIYAGI_PREF

66.43

107.50

159.50

84

2013

4

2

3

53

15.74

143.5183

39.5053

20

6.0

27

72

96

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

82.15

102.61

− 6.61

85

2013

10

26

2

10

18.39

144.5687

37.1963

20

7.1

12

46

− 80

FAR_E_OFF_NORTH_HONSHU

94.80

− 70.07

− 9.93

86

2014

7

12

4

22

0.44

142.3208

37.0500

5

6.5

346

63

− 123

E_OFF_FUKUSHIMA_PREF

75.91

106.23

130.77

87

2014

11

22

22

8

17.90

137.8910

36.6928

5

6.3

25

50

65

NORTHERN_NAGANO_PREF

73.78

86.31

− 21.31

88

2015

2

17

8

6

34.68

143.1927

39.8723

17

6.7

24

70

98

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

91.15

98.34

− 0.34

89

2015

2

20

13

25

20.99

143.7322

39.9127

11

6.1

28

61

108

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

90.27

100.37

7.63

90

2015

2

25

16

0

59.32

142.1370

31.0890

5

6.1

338

77

87

NEAR_TORISHIMA_IS

74.56

53.31

33.69

91

2015

5

11

6

25

44.84

142.1460

31.2318

5

6.1

338

69

87

NEAR_TORISHIMA_IS

65.96

72.16

14.84

92

2015

5

31

3

49

6.29

143.1283

30.7745

5

6.1

137

35

− 105

FAR_E_OFF_IZU_ISLANDS

68.33

− 12.98

− 92.02

93

2015

9

2

0

25

10.23

142.1410

31.4665

5

6.0

337

75

85

NEAR_TORISHIMA_IS

65.12

95.70

− 10.70

94

2015

11

14

5

51

30.11

128.5900

30.9432

17

6.8

96

71

− 10

SW_OFF_KYUSHU

92.03

− 12.82

2.82

95

2016

4

14

21

26

34.43

130.8087

32.7417

17

6.1

212

89

− 164

NW_KUMAMOTO_PREF

91.24

166.35

29.65

96

2016

4

15

0

3

46.45

130.7777

32.7007

8

6.0

119

62

− 4

NW_KUMAMOTO_PREF

93.90

0.91

− 4.91

97

2016

4

16

1

25

5.47

130.7630

32.7545

11

7.1

131

53

− 7

NW_KUMAMOTO_PREF

94.08

− 6.80

− 0.20

98

2016

8

20

18

1

23.64

143.7788

40.3668

11

6.0

153

38

33

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

75.13

30.05

2.95

99

2016

9

21

1

21

15.71

142.3207

30.5518

5

6.0

180

25

111

NEAR_TORISHIMA_IS

78.54

15.96

95.04

100

2016

9

23

9

14

31.35

141.8438

34.3963

11

6.2

352

54

94

FAR_SE_OFF_BOSO_PEN

91.89

68.34

25.66

101

2016

10

21

14

7

22.57

133.8562

35.3805

8

6.2

342

80

9

EASTERN_TOTTORI_PREF

93.13

15.96

− 6.96

102

2016

11

22

5

59

46.89

141.6042

37.3547

11

7.0

227

52

− 90

E_OFF_FUKUSHIMA_PREF

96.48

124.93

145.07

103

2017

9

21

1

37

18.59

144.4887

38.0360

20

6.2

34

27

− 76

FAR_E_OFF_NORTH_HONSHU

95.64

− 77.19

1.19

104

2017

10

6

16

59

32.89

143.9483

37.4353

8

6.1

51

48

− 53

FAR_E_OFF_NORTH_HONSHU

80.78

− 37.26

− 15.74

105

2017

11

9

16

42

10.88

141.4687

32.6405

5

6.0

349

70

86

E_OFF_HACHIJOJIMA_ISLAND

86.47

70.39

15.61

106

2018

11

5

4

26

1.67

145.8065

44.6083

5

6.0

1

31

57

NEAR_KUNASHIRI_ISLAND

86.92

− 176.90

− 126.10

107

2019

1

8

21

39

30.08

131.1645

30.5725

23

6.3

52

58

103

NEAR_TANEGASHIMA_ISLAND

90.79

132.89

− 29.89

108

2019

4

11

17

18

18.14

143.4048

40.3625

20

6.0

185

23

68

FAR_E_OFF_SANRIKU

88.31

68.55

− 0.55

109

2019

5

10

8

48

41.68

131.9745

31.8012

26

6.2

208

33

84

HYUGANADA_REGION

92.45

88.59

− 4.59

110

2019

6

18

22

22

19.98

139.4793

38.6080

11

6.4

23

36

86

W_OFF_YAMAGATA_PREF

89.36

85.00

1.00

111

2019

12

11

2

5

2.23

141.9698

30.7758

5

6.0

355

79

94

NEAR_TORISHIMA_IS

76.80

56.57

37.43

112

2020

5

3

20

54

21.08

128.7168

31.3037

5

6.0

170

77

− 160

SW_OFF_KYUSHU

91.07

− 173.20

13.20

113

2021

11

29

21

40

47.07

142.3770

31.2927

5

6.2

157

38

− 102

NEAR_TORISHIMA_IS

67.02

31.84

− 133.84

114

2021

12

9

11

5

8.01

129.4505

29.3428

5

6.0

92

31

− 30

NEAR_TOKARA_ISLANDS

87.19

− 32.03

2.03