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Magnitude 6.6 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Sunday, December 11, 2005 at 14:20:43 UTC

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


December 11, 2005, NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G., MW=6.6

Natasha Maternovskaya

CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME C121105C
DATA USED: GSN
L.P. BODY WAVES: 70S,176C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:    68S,162C, T=125
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME       14:20:52.4 0.1
LAT  6.75S 0.01;LON 152.39E 0.01
DEP  12.0 FIX;HALF-DURATION  4.8
MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**26 D-CM
  MRR=-0.96 0.00; MTT= 0.83 0.01
  MPP= 0.14 0.01; MRT=-0.04 0.02
  MRP=-0.25 0.02; MTP= 0.17 0.01
 PRINCIPAL AXES:
 1.(T) VAL=  0.87;PLG= 3;AZM=166
 2.(N)       0.15;    12;     75
 3.(P)      -1.02;    78;    271
BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=9.5*10**25
 NP1:STRIKE=268;DIP=43;SLIP= -73
 NP2:STRIKE= 65;DIP=49;SLIP=-105

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