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USGS Centroid Moment Tensor Solution

 09/08/10 17:46:27.61
 NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG.
 Epicenter:  -3.117  143.206
 MW 5.6

 USGS CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR
 09/08/10 17:46:32.70
 Centroid:   -2.884  143.063
 Depth  10         No. of sta:130
 Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**17 Nm
   Mrr= 2.98       Mtt=-2.78
   Mpp=-0.20       Mrt=-1.41
   Mrp=-1.52       Mtp= 1.22
  Principal axes:
   T  Val=  4.05  Plg=62  Azm=122
   N       -0.68      26      283
   P       -3.37       7       17

 Best Double Couple:Mo=3.7*10**17
  NP1:Strike=135 Dip=44 Slip= 130
  NP2:       266     58        59
                                      
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  --------########### T ###########   
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Moment Tensor Solution

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