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Magnitude 6.4 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA

2003 February 24 02:03:41 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

USGS Rapid Moment Tensor Solution

 03/02/24 02:03:44.73
 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA        
 Epicenter:  39.637   77.200
 MW 6.3

 USGS MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
 Depth   6         No. of sta: 21
 Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**18 Nm
   Mrr= 0.51       Mtt=-0.71
   Mff= 0.20       Mrt= 2.71
   Mrf= 0.29       Mtf=-0.05
  Principal axes:
   T  Val=  2.70  Plg=51  Azm=353
   N        0.20       1       84
   P       -2.90      39      175

 Best Double Couple:Mo=2.8*10**18
  NP1:Strike=273 Dip= 6 Slip=  99
  NP2:        84     84        89
                                      
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          ---###########---           
        -###################-         
      -#######################-       
    -###########   #############-     
   -############ T ##############-    
   #############   ###############    
  #################################   
  #################################   
  #########################--------   
  -#######-------------------------   
  ---------------------------------   
   -------------------------------    
   ---------------   -------------    
    -------------- P ------------     
      ------------   ----------       
        ---------------------         
          -----------------           
               -------                
                                      

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