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Magnitude 5.6 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

Tuesday, September 09, 2008 at 23:18:26 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


September 9, 2008, SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS, MW=5.6

Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200809092318A  
DATA: IU II CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 76S, 144C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   22S,  23C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  84S, 172C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080910082020
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      23:18:29.7 0.1
LAT:11.78S 0.01;LON:166.37E 0.01
DEP:104.3  1.0;TRIANG HDUR:  1.6
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 1.910 0.039; TT=-2.540 0.044
PP= 0.629 0.042; RT= 1.750 0.032
RP=-0.771 0.028; TP=-1.410 0.040
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  3.128;PLG=54;AZM= 51
2.(N)       0.321;    31;    263
3.(P)      -3.450;    15;    164
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 3.29*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=218;DIP=40;SLIP=  37
NP2: STRIKE= 98;DIP=67;SLIP= 124

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