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Magnitude 6.7 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 08:09:17 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


December 16, 2007, ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE, MW=6.7

Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200712160809A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:103S, 259C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   75S, 123C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  99S, 213C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20071217134417
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      08:09:22.5 0.1
LAT:23.02S 0.00;LON: 70.40W 0.00
DEP: 33.2  0.4;TRIANG HDUR:  5.3
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 0.141 0.004; TT=-0.033 0.003
PP=-0.108 0.003; RT=-0.069 0.006
RP= 1.280 0.018; TP=-0.151 0.003
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.320;PLG=47;AZM=261
2.(N)      -0.047;     7;    358
3.(P)      -1.273;    42;     94
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.30*10**26
NP1: STRIKE=247;DIP= 7;SLIP= 159
NP2: STRIKE=358;DIP=87;SLIP=  83

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