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Magnitude 6.5 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 03:15:52 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


January 31, 2007, KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, MW=6.5

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200701310315A  
DATA: II IU CU IC 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 75S, 200C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   75S, 147C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  74S, 184C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070131061635
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      03:16:01.3 0.1
LAT:29.60S 0.00;LON:177.40W 0.00
DEP: 55.5  0.3;TRIANG HDUR:  4.3
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 5.930 0.039; TT=-0.115 0.030
PP=-5.820 0.032; RT= 0.606 0.030
RP= 2.640 0.035; TP=-1.790 0.026
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  6.503;PLG=78;AZM=279
2.(N)       0.397;     1;     16
3.(P)      -6.905;    12;    106
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 6.70*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=198;DIP=33;SLIP=  92
NP2: STRIKE= 15;DIP=57;SLIP=  88

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