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Magnitude 7.1 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

Sunday, August 09, 2009 at 10:55:55 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


August 9, 2009, IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION, MW=7.1

Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200908091055A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 99S, 261C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   91S, 212C, T=150
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090809180650
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      10:55:59.5 0.1
LAT:33.07N 0.01;LON:138.20E 0.01
DEP:303.7  0.8;TRIANG HDUR:  8.3
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 0.390 0.022; TT= 0.169 0.022
PP=-0.558 0.026; RT=-0.809 0.017
RP=-4.620 0.016; TP=-1.620 0.022
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  4.617;PLG=46;AZM= 80
2.(N)       0.672;    17;    189
3.(P)      -5.288;    39;    293
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 4.95*10**26
NP1: STRIKE= 85;DIP=17;SLIP= 167
NP2: STRIKE=188;DIP=86;SLIP=  73

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