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Magnitude 6.8 NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 12:36:23 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


September 26, 2007, NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G., MW=6.7

Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200709261236A  
DATA: II IU CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 97S, 244C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   95S, 204C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  99S, 220C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070926202512
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      12:36:37.1 0.0
LAT: 5.19S 0.00;LON:153.54E 0.00
DEP: 47.5  0.1;TRIANG HDUR:  5.6
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 1.420 0.006; TT=-0.533 0.005
PP=-0.891 0.005; RT= 0.066 0.005
RP= 0.075 0.005; TP= 0.834 0.004
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.428;PLG=86;AZM=317
2.(N)       0.133;     4;    141
3.(P)      -1.565;     0;     51
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.50*10**26
NP1: STRIKE=137;DIP=45;SLIP=  84
NP2: STRIKE=325;DIP=45;SLIP=  96

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