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Magnitude 5.3 STATE OF YAP, MICRONESIA

Saturday, May 02, 2009 at 14:02:22 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


May 2, 2009, STATE OF YAP, MICRONESIA, MW=5.3
 
Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200905021402A  
DATA: II IU CU G  GE IC 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 65S, 109C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   23S,  24C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  78S, 143C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090502231301
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      14:02:27.1 0.1
LAT:11.01N 0.01;LON:140.42E 0.01
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  1.1
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 0.912 0.013; TT=-0.928 0.011
PP= 0.016 0.014; RT=-0.097 0.033
RP=-0.437 0.041; TP=-0.173 0.011
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.090;PLG=68;AZM= 92
2.(N)      -0.114;    21;    255
3.(P)      -0.976;     6;    348
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.03*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=100;DIP=43;SLIP= 122
NP2: STRIKE=239;DIP=54;SLIP=  63

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