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Magnitude 6.8 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 21:02:50 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


October 24, 2007, SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA, MW=6.8

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200710242102A  
DATA: IU II CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:100S, 250C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   98S, 219C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  95S, 206C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20071024212327
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      21:02:58.0 0.1
LAT: 4.37S 0.00;LON:100.78E 0.00
DEP: 20.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  6.5
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 0.870 0.006; TT=-0.469 0.005
PP=-0.401 0.006; RT= 1.640 0.015
RP=-1.060 0.015; TP= 0.452 0.004
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.144;PLG=57;AZM= 29
2.(N)      -0.004;     4;    125
3.(P)      -2.139;    33;    217
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.14*10**26
NP1: STRIKE=322;DIP=13;SLIP= 108
NP2: STRIKE=124;DIP=78;SLIP=  86

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