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Magnitude 5.1 FIJI REGION

Friday, August 07, 2009 at 17:34:16 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


August 7, 2009, FIJI REGION, MW=5.6

Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200908071734A  
DATA: II IU IC G  GE CU 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 69S, 138C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   37S,  48C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  90S, 178C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090808011623
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      17:34:20.9 0.1
LAT:16.10S 0.01;LON:177.54W 0.01
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  1.5
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR=-0.124 0.027; TT=-2.130 0.028
PP= 2.260 0.026; RT= 0.348 0.071
RP= 0.200 0.073; TP= 1.640 0.025
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.835;PLG= 6;AZM=289
2.(N)      -0.127;    82;     63
3.(P)      -2.703;     6;    198
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.77*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=333;DIP=82;SLIP=-180
NP2: STRIKE=243;DIP=90;SLIP=  -8

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