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Magnitude 6.1 TURKEY

2003 January 27 05:26:22 UTC

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USGS Rapid Moment Tensor Solution

 03/01/27 05:26:23.10
 TURKEY                          
 Epicenter:  39.521   39.783
 MW 6.0

 USGS MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
 Depth   9         No. of sta: 30
 Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**18 Nm
   Mrr=-0.09       Mtt=-0.85
   Mff= 0.94       Mrt=-0.30
   Mrf= 0.06       Mtf= 0.51
  Principal axes:
   T  Val=  1.08  Plg= 1  Azm=105
   N        0.00      73      198
   P       -1.08      17       15

 Best Double Couple:Mo=1.1*10**18
  NP1:Strike=151 Dip=77 Slip=-168
  NP2:        58     79       -13
                                      
                                      
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  ##############--############### T   
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