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Harvard Moment Tensor Solution

Magnitude 5.6 TONGA
Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 03:36:18 UTC


May 28, 2006, TONGA, MW=5.6
 
Natasha Maternovskaya

CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME C052806B
DATA USED: GSN
L.P. BODY WAVES: 16S, 21C, T= 40
SURFACE WAVES:   53S, 89C, T= 50
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME       03:36:22.9 0.4
LAT 19.95S 0.02;LON 174.00W 0.03
DEP  42.5 1.4;HALF-DURATION  1.5
MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**24 D-CM
  MRR= 2.93 0.29; MTT=-1.00 0.17
  MPP=-1.93 0.17; MRT= 1.65 0.11
  MRP=-0.73 0.12; MTP= 1.43 0.08
 PRINCIPAL AXES:
 1.(T) VAL=  3.54;PLG=71;AZM=  7
 2.(N)      -0.17;    13;    137
 3.(P)      -3.37;    14;    230
BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=3.5*10**24
 NP1:STRIKE=338;DIP=33;SLIP= 114
 NP2:STRIKE=129;DIP=61;SLIP=  75

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