Harvard Moment Tensor Solution
Magnitude 6.7 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 01:25:12 UTC
October 17, 2006, NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G., MW=6.7
Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles
CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME C101706A
DATA USED: GSN
L.P. BODY WAVES: 80S,196C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES: 75S,175C, T=125
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME 01:25:19.1 0.1
LAT 6.07S 0.01;LON 151.32E 0.01
DEP 33.1 0.3;HALF-DURATION 5.3
MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**26 D-CM
MRR= 1.34 0.01; MTT=-0.54 0.01
MPP=-0.80 0.01; MRT= 0.35 0.02
MRP=-0.36 0.02; MTP=-0.44 0.01
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL= 1.49;PLG=74;AZM= 43
2.(N) -0.35; 16; 215
3.(P) -1.14; 2; 306
BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=1.3*10**26
NP1:STRIKE= 52;DIP=45;SLIP= 113
NP2:STRIKE=201;DIP=49;SLIP= 68
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Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

