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Magnitude 6.7 SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA

2003 October 01 01:03:25 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

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

USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solution

 03/10/01 01:03:25.48
 SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA    
 Epicenter:  50.194   87.667
 MW 6.7

 USGS MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
 Depth  14         No. of sta: 73
 Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**19 Nm
   Mrr= 0.12       Mtt=-1.24
   Mff= 1.13       Mrt=-0.32
   Mrf=-0.02       Mtf=-0.31
  Principal axes:
   T  Val=  1.17  Plg= 1  Azm=263
   N        0.19      78      168
   P       -1.35      12      353

 Best Double Couple:Mo=1.3*10**19
  NP1:Strike= 37 Dip=81 Slip=  -8
  NP2:       128     82      -170
                                      
                                      
                  ----                
          ----- P ---------           
        -------   ----------#         
      ----------------------###       
    ##---------------------######     
   #####------------------########    
   #######--------------##########    
  ##########-----------############   
  ############--------#############   
   #############-----##############   
 T ###############-################   
   ###############---##############   
   #############-------###########    
   ############-----------########    
    #########----------------####     
      #####--------------------       
        #--------------------         
          -----------------           
               -------                
                                      

Moment Tensor Solution

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For more information, contact Stuart Sipkin sipkin@usgs.gov


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