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USGS Body-Wave Moment Tensor Solution

 07/12/12 23:39:58.98
 QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION  
 Epicenter:  52.186 -131.353
 MW 5.6

 USGS MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
 Depth   9         No. of sta: 47
 Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**17 Nm
   Mrr= 1.16       Mtt=-1.37
   Mpp= 0.21       Mrt= 0.60
   Mrp=-0.11       Mtp= 2.75
  Principal axes:
   T  Val=  2.34  Plg=13  Azm=308
   N        1.16      74      100
   P       -3.51       6      216

 Best Double Couple:Mo=3.1*10**17
  NP1:Strike=352 Dip=76 Slip= 175
  NP2:        83     85        14
                                      
               #------                
          #######----------           
        ##########-----------         
         ##########------------       
    ## T ##########--------------     
   ###   ###########--------------    
   #################--------------    
  ###################--------------   
  ###################--------------   
  ###################----##########   
  ######-------------##############   
  --------------------#############   
   -------------------############    
   -------------------############    
    ------------------###########     
      --   -----------#########       
         P -----------#######         
           ----------######           
               ------#                
                                      

Moment Tensor Solution

 


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