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Harvard Moment Tensor Solution

Magnitude 7.0 SCOTIA SEA
Sunday, August 20, 2006 at 03:41:47 UTC


August 20, 2006, SCOTIA SEA, MW=7.0

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME C082006A
DATA USED: GSN
L.P. BODY WAVES: 72S,177C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:    70S,172C, T=125
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME       03:41:55.7 0.1
LAT 61.21S 0.01;LON  34.30W 0.01
DEP  13.9 0.5;HALF-DURATION  7.5
MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**26 D-CM
  MRR=-1.16 0.02; MTT= 0.98 0.02
  MPP= 0.18 0.02; MRT= 0.51 0.06
  MRP= 0.28 0.05; MTP= 3.57 0.02
 PRINCIPAL AXES:
 1.(T) VAL=  4.23;PLG= 6;AZM=318
 2.(N)      -1.21;    83;    104
 3.(P)      -3.02;     4;    228
BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=3.6*10**26
 NP1:STRIKE=  3;DIP=83;SLIP= 179
 NP2:STRIKE= 93;DIP=89;SLIP=   7

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