Harvard Moment Tensor Solution
Magnitude 5.8 GULF OF MEXICO
Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 14:56:08 UTC
September 10, 2006, GULF OF MEXICO, MW=5.8
Meredith Nettles
Goran Ekstrom
CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME C091006A
DATA USED: GSN
L.P. BODY WAVES: 68S,156C, T= 40
SURFACE WAVES: 68S,162C, T= 50
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME 14:56:13.3 0.1
LAT 26.34N 0.01;LON 86.83W 0.01
DEP 31.7 0.4;HALF-DURATION 2.0
MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**24 D-CM
MRR= 4.99 0.07; MTT=-3.33 0.05
MPP=-1.66 0.06; MRT= 4.11 0.10
MRP=-1.28 0.09; MTP= 3.14 0.04
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL= 6.68;PLG=68;AZM=360
2.(N) 0.44; 12; 120
3.(P) -7.12; 19; 214
BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=6.9*10**24
NP1:STRIKE=322;DIP=28;SLIP= 115
NP2:STRIKE=114;DIP=65;SLIP= 77
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Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

