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COSTA RICA

09/01/08 19:21:39 UTC
Epicenter 10.21N 84.25W

  Me   6.0
Broadband Source Parameters:
 BROADBAND DEPTH:        14.0 km
 RADIATED ENERGY
  No. of sta:  9  Focal mech.  F
  Energy       2.4+0.6*10**13 Nm
 COMMENT:  Depth from synthetics
  of broadband displacement
  seismograms.

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