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Magnitude 5.7 VANUATU

Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 04:57:50 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


May 1, 2008, VANUATU, MW=5.7

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200805010457A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 99S, 195C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   51S,  53C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  94S, 182C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080501181605
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      04:57:55.8 0.1
LAT:19.47S 0.01;LON:168.59E 0.01
DEP: 49.5  0.3;TRIANG HDUR:  1.6
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 3.770 0.044; TT=-0.288 0.034
PP=-3.480 0.034; RT=-0.141 0.033
RP=-0.121 0.032; TP= 1.560 0.026
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  3.779;PLG=87;AZM=150
2.(N)       0.339;     3;    338
3.(P)      -4.116;     0;    248
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 3.95*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=335;DIP=45;SLIP=  86
NP2: STRIKE=161;DIP=46;SLIP=  94

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