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Magnitude 7.8 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS

Sunday, December 09, 2007 at 07:28:19 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


December 9, 2007, SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS, MW=7.8

Goran Ekstrom 
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200712090728A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:100S, 270C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   98S, 265C, T=150
SURFACE WAVES:  95S, 225C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20071209131920
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      07:28:39.0 0.1
LAT:25.81S 0.01;LON:177.27W 0.01
DEP:144.1  0.7;TRIANG HDUR: 19.5
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**27 D-CM
RR= 2.480 0.024; TT=-3.760 0.016
PP= 1.280 0.016; RT=-5.210 0.024
RP=-0.782 0.015; TP=-2.240 0.011
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  5.481;PLG=59;AZM=192
2.(N)       1.865;    13;     80
3.(P)      -7.346;    28;    343
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 6.41*10**27
NP1: STRIKE= 42;DIP=21;SLIP=  50
NP2: STRIKE=264;DIP=74;SLIP= 104

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