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Magnitude 5.6 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 23:21:06 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


May 8, 2008, NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN, MW=5.5

Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200805082321A  
DATA: II IU IC G  CU GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 65S, 115C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   30S,  32C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  91S, 172C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080509081427
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      23:21:11.6 0.2
LAT:36.14N 0.01;LON:142.07E 0.01
DEP: 22.2  0.5;TRIANG HDUR:  1.4
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 1.620 0.036; TT= 0.066 0.023
PP=-1.690 0.028; RT=-0.091 0.047
RP= 2.000 0.063; TP=-0.521 0.019
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.598;PLG=63;AZM=254
2.(N)       0.097;    10;      5
3.(P)      -2.699;    24;    100
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.65*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=211;DIP=23;SLIP= 117
NP2: STRIKE=  1;DIP=70;SLIP=  79

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