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Magnitude 6.9 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS

Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 02:08:29 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


September 30, 2007, SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS, MW=6.9

Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200709300208A  
DATA: II IU CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:102S, 256C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   96S, 234C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  95S, 234C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070930084851
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      02:08:39.0 0.1
LAT:10.52N 0.00;LON:145.77E 0.00
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  7.2
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 0.664 0.012; TT= 1.410 0.011
PP=-2.080 0.013; RT= 0.838 0.039
RP= 0.480 0.041; TP= 2.430 0.010
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  3.047;PLG=22;AZM=333
2.(N)       0.274;    68;    155
3.(P)      -3.327;     1;     63
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 3.19*10**26
NP1: STRIKE=110;DIP=74;SLIP=  16
NP2: STRIKE= 16;DIP=75;SLIP= 164

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