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Magnitude 6.6 AUCKLAND ISLANDS, N.Z. REGION

Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 09:47:50 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


September 30, 2007, AUCKLAND ISLANDS, N.Z. REGION, MW=6.6

Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200709300947A  
DATA: II IU CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 98S, 212C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   76S, 117C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  95S, 226C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070930201859
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      09:47:58.7 0.1
LAT:49.36S 0.01;LON:164.00E 0.01
DEP: 29.8  0.4;TRIANG HDUR:  4.8
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 0.472 0.008; TT= 0.387 0.006
PP=-0.859 0.006; RT= 0.581 0.015
RP=-0.108 0.012; TP= 0.199 0.005
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.014;PLG=47;AZM=357
2.(N)      -0.091;    42;    159
3.(P)      -0.923;    10;    257
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 0.97*10**26
NP1: STRIKE= 25;DIP=51;SLIP= 149
NP2: STRIKE=136;DIP=67;SLIP=  44

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