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Magnitude 6.4 VANUATU

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 11:23:33 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


March 12, 2008, VANUATU, MW=6.4

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200803121123A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:109S, 276C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:  102S, 185C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 110S, 282C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080312202333
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      11:23:40.3 0.1
LAT:16.53S 0.00;LON:167.22E 0.00
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  3.9
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 3.540 0.019; TT= 0.279 0.019
PP=-3.820 0.019; RT= 0.708 0.052
RP=-3.640 0.050; TP= 0.408 0.017
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  5.088;PLG=67;AZM= 74
2.(N)       0.301;     3;    172
3.(P)      -5.390;    23;    263
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 5.24*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=359;DIP=23;SLIP=  98
NP2: STRIKE=170;DIP=68;SLIP=  87

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