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USGS Body-Wave Moment Tensor Solution

 07/12/11 17:20:55.90
 SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN          
 Epicenter: -62.150  -65.930
 MW 5.8

 USGS MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
 Depth  12         No. of sta: 22
 Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**17 Nm
   Mrr= 2.80       Mtt=-1.37
   Mpp=-1.43       Mrt=-1.06
   Mrp=-0.86       Mtp= 5.14
  Principal axes:
   T  Val=  4.71  Plg=35  Azm=135
   N        1.83      54      313
   P       -6.54       0       45

 Best Double Couple:Mo=5.8*10**17
  NP1:Strike=276 Dip=66 Slip=  27
  NP2:       174     65       154
                                      
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          ######-----------           
        #######--------------         
      #########-------------- P       
    ##########---------------   -     
   ###########--------------------    
   ###########--------------------    
  #####-------#########------------   
  ------------###############------   
  ------------###################--   
  ------------#####################   
  ------------#####################   
   ------------#########   #######    
   ------------######### T #######    
    ------------########   ######     
      -----------##############       
        ---------############         
          ---------########           
               -----##                
                                      

Moment Tensor Solution

 


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