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Magnitude 6.8 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2003 March 11 07:27:31 UTC

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U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

USGS Rapid Moment Tensor Solution

 03/03/11 07:27:32.02
 NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.      
 Epicenter:  -4.699  153.135
 MW 6.6

 USGS MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
 Depth  37         No. of sta: 50
 Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**18 Nm
   Mrr= 6.72       Mtt= 2.71
   Mff=-9.43       Mrt=-4.30
   Mrf=-2.88       Mtf= 1.05
  Principal axes:
   T  Val=  9.92  Plg=57  Azm=164
   N        0.01      31        4
   P       -9.94       9      268

 Best Double Couple:Mo=9.9*10**18
  NP1:Strike=327 Dip=45 Slip=  43
  NP2:       204     61       126
                                      
                                      
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