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Magnitude 5.9 VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION

Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 12:37:34 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


August 28, 2008, VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION, MW=5.9

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200808281237A  
DATA: II IU CU IC 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 87S, 177C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   65S,  80C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  89S, 203C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080828181529
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      12:37:35.5 0.1
LAT:49.84N 0.01;LON:130.05W 0.01
DEP: 12.6  0.7;TRIANG HDUR:  2.1
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 0.041 0.006; TT=-0.779 0.007
PP= 0.738 0.007; RT= 0.108 0.018
RP= 0.124 0.018; TP=-0.025 0.006
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  0.759;PLG=10;AZM=270
2.(N)       0.035;    78;     51
3.(P)      -0.794;     8;    178
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 7.77*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=314;DIP=78;SLIP= 178
NP2: STRIKE= 44;DIP=88;SLIP=  12

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