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Magnitude 5.7 KURIL ISLANDS

Friday, April 17, 2009 at 14:51:59 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 17, 2009, KURIL ISLANDS, MW=5.6
 
Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904171452A  
DATA: II IU CU G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 86S, 164C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   22S,  24C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  90S, 180C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090417161629
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      14:52:02.1 0.1
LAT:46.06N 0.01;LON:151.97E 0.01
DEP: 50.6  0.5;TRIANG HDUR:  1.6
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 2.920 0.049; TT=-1.410 0.035
PP=-1.520 0.039; RT= 0.628 0.033
RP= 1.200 0.035; TP=-1.620 0.028
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  3.235;PLG=76;AZM=283
2.(N)       0.112;     7;     41
3.(P)      -3.357;    12;    133
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 3.30*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=231;DIP=34;SLIP= 102
NP2: STRIKE= 37;DIP=57;SLIP=  82

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