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Magnitude 7.2 OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 02:50:53 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver


June 15, 2005, OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORN, MW=7.2

Natasha Maternovskaya

CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME M061505A
DATA USED: GSN
MANTLE WAVES:    75S,180C, T=150
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME       02:51: 5.6 0.1
LAT 41.19N 0.01;LON 126.46W 0.01
DEP  22.7 0.9;HALF-DURATION  9.7
MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**27 D-CM
  MRR=-0.01 0.01; MTT=-0.77 0.00
  MPP= 0.78 0.00; MRT=-0.11 0.03
  MRP= 0.25 0.03; MTP= 0.05 0.00
 PRINCIPAL AXES:
 1.(T) VAL=  0.85;PLG=16;AZM=271
 2.(N)      -0.06;    71;    122
 3.(P)      -0.79;     9;      3
BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=8.2*10**26
 NP1:STRIKE= 48;DIP=72;SLIP=   5
 NP2:STRIKE=316;DIP=85;SLIP= 162

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