Harvard Moment Tensor Solution

Magnitude 6.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 11:44:42 UTC

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

October 19, 2005, NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN, MW=6.3

Natasha Maternovskaya

CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME C101905C
DATA USED: GSN
L.P. BODY WAVES: 63S,149C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:    31S, 53C, T=125
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME       11:44:48.0 0.1
LAT 36.27N 0.01;LON 141.06E 0.02
DEP  43.3 1.1;HALF-DURATION  3.6
MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**25 D-CM
  MRR= 2.48 0.04; MTT=-0.22 0.04
  MPP=-2.26 0.05; MRT= 0.94 0.06
  MRP= 2.63 0.08; MTP=-1.47 0.04
 PRINCIPAL AXES:
 1.(T) VAL=  3.67;PLG=67;AZM=281
 2.(N)       0.52;     5;     23
 3.(P)      -4.18;    23;    116
BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=3.9*10**25
 NP1:STRIKE=216;DIP=23;SLIP= 104
 NP2:STRIKE= 21;DIP=68;SLIP=  84

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