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Magnitude 6.1 SOUTHERN IRAN

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 11:00:34 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


September 10, 2008,  SOUTHERN IRAN, MW=6.1

Liz Starin
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200809101100A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 88S, 185C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   70S,  95C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  90S, 203C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080910091627
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      11:00:38.0 0.1
LAT:26.71N 0.01;LON: 55.73E 0.01
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  2.6
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 1.230 0.013; TT=-1.160 0.015
PP=-0.065 0.015; RT= 0.296 0.036
RP= 0.152 0.035; TP=-0.989 0.013
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.267;PLG=84;AZM=343
2.(N)       0.517;     1;    240
3.(P)      -1.780;     6;    150
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.52*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=238;DIP=39;SLIP=  88
NP2: STRIKE= 61;DIP=51;SLIP=  92

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