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Magnitude 6.1 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA

Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 05:23:25 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 19, 2009, KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA, MW=6.1
 
Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904190523A  
DATA: II IU CU G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 92S, 209C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   83S, 124C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  93S, 208C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090419091905
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      05:23:30.3 0.1
LAT: 4.17N 0.01;LON:126.89E 0.00
DEP: 24.7  0.2;TRIANG HDUR:  2.6
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 1.510 0.013; TT= 0.074 0.010
PP=-1.590 0.011; RT= 0.106 0.028
RP= 0.233 0.025; TP=-0.227 0.009
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.533;PLG=85;AZM=311
2.(N)       0.101;     3;    188
3.(P)      -1.639;     4;     98
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.59*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=185;DIP=41;SLIP=  85
NP2: STRIKE= 11;DIP=50;SLIP=  94

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