Harvard Moment Tensor Solution
Magnitude 7.4 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 10:39:23 UTC
May 16, 2006, KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION, MW=7.4
Natasha Maternovskaya
CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME C051606A
DATA USED: GSN
L.P. BODY WAVES: 80S,229C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES: 79S,221C, T=150
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME 10:39:36.8 0.1
LAT 31.31S 0.01;LON 178.92W 0.01
DEP 154.6 1.0;HALF-DURATION 12.6
MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**27 D-CM
MRR= 1.01 0.01; MTT=-0.49 0.01
MPP=-0.53 0.01; MRT=-0.24 0.01
MRP= 1.38 0.01; MTP= 0.38 0.01
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL= 1.82;PLG=60;AZM=269
2.(N) -0.30; 11; 160
3.(P) -1.53; 28; 64
BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=1.7*10**27
NP1:STRIKE=126;DIP=20;SLIP= 55
NP2:STRIKE=343;DIP=74;SLIP= 102
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Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

