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Magnitude 6.6 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 13:08:14 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


September 10, 2008, CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE, MW=6.6

Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200809101308A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:100S, 209C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   95S, 198C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  96S, 226C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080911013156
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      13:08:21.4 0.1
LAT: 8.28N 0.00;LON: 38.63W 0.00
DEP: 16.5  0.3;TRIANG HDUR:  4.9
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR=-0.127 0.005; TT=-0.081 0.005
PP= 0.207 0.005; RT= 0.009 0.016
RP=-0.023 0.016; TP=-0.993 0.005
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.067;PLG= 1;AZM= 49
2.(N)      -0.127;    89;    201
3.(P)      -0.940;     1;    319
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.00*10**26
NP1: STRIKE= 94;DIP=89;SLIP= 180
NP2: STRIKE=184;DIP=90;SLIP=   1

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