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Magnitude 8.5 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 11:10:26 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


September 12, 2007, SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA, MW=8.4

Goran Ekstrom
Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200709121110A  
DATA: IU II CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 71S, 175C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   92S, 244C, T=200
SURFACE WAVES:  62S, 150C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070912101208
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      11:11:17.2 0.1
LAT: 3.78S 0.01;LON:101.00E 0.01
DEP: 23.3  0.5;TRIANG HDUR: 39.0
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**28 D-CM
RR= 1.980 0.012; TT=-0.957 0.007
PP=-1.020 0.008; RT= 3.940 0.106
RP=-2.460 0.081; TP= 0.998 0.005
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  5.096;PLG=56;AZM= 27
2.(N)      -0.088;     5;    124
3.(P)      -5.005;    34;    217
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 5.05*10**28
NP1: STRIKE=327;DIP=12;SLIP= 114
NP2: STRIKE=123;DIP=79;SLIP=  85

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