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Magnitude 6.8 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA

Monday, September 10, 2007 at 01:49:11 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


September 10, 2007, NEAR WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA, MW=6.8

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200709100149A  
DATA: II IU CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 85S, 216C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   83S, 186C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  85S, 224C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070910071819
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      01:49:20.2 0.0
LAT: 3.13N 0.00;LON: 78.16W 0.00
DEP: 17.3  0.2;TRIANG HDUR:  5.8
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR=-0.965 0.005; TT= 0.673 0.004
PP= 0.291 0.005; RT= 1.120 0.019
RP= 0.791 0.018; TP= 0.520 0.003
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.733;PLG=27;AZM=325
2.(N)      -0.072;     0;    235
3.(P)      -1.662;    63;    145
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.70*10**26
NP1: STRIKE= 55;DIP=18;SLIP= -89
NP2: STRIKE=235;DIP=72;SLIP= -90

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