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Magnitude 6.6 KURIL ISLANDS

Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 19:17:59 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 18, 2009, KURIL ISLANDS, MW=6.6
 
Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904181917A  
DATA: II IU CU G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 96S, 240C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   89S, 179C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  97S, 236C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090418232942
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      19:18:06.5 0.1
LAT:45.99N 0.00;LON:151.74E 0.01
DEP: 49.4  0.2;TRIANG HDUR:  4.9
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 0.827 0.005; TT=-0.325 0.004
PP=-0.502 0.004; RT= 0.160 0.004
RP= 0.476 0.005; TP=-0.477 0.003
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  0.980;PLG=72;AZM=271
2.(N)       0.039;    10;     35
3.(P)      -1.019;    14;    127
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.00*10**26
NP1: STRIKE=231;DIP=32;SLIP= 109
NP2: STRIKE= 29;DIP=60;SLIP=  78

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