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Magnitude 6.9 KURIL ISLANDS

Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at 04:23:33 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 7, 2009, KURIL ISLANDS, MW=6.9
 
Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904070423A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:106S, 285C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:  103S, 237C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 109S, 285C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090407082319
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      04:23:40.8 0.1
LAT:46.00N 0.00;LON:151.98E 0.01
DEP: 42.5  0.2;TRIANG HDUR:  6.7
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 2.110 0.010; TT=-0.815 0.007
PP=-1.290 0.008; RT= 0.433 0.011
RP= 1.310 0.012; TP=-1.210 0.006
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.556;PLG=71;AZM=271
2.(N)       0.089;    10;     34
3.(P)      -2.641;    15;    127
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.60*10**26
NP1: STRIKE=231;DIP=31;SLIP= 110
NP2: STRIKE= 28;DIP=61;SLIP=  78

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