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Magnitude 6.6 OFF EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, N.Z.

Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 07:55:16 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


December 20, 2007, NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND, MW=6.6

Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200712200755A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:108S, 271C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:  105S, 210C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 100S, 243C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20071220232200
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      07:55:23.6 0.1
LAT:38.90S 0.00;LON:178.40E 0.00
DEP: 29.7  0.2;TRIANG HDUR:  4.7
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR=-0.749 0.005; TT= 0.569 0.004
PP= 0.180 0.004; RT=-0.051 0.008
RP= 0.258 0.008; TP= 0.557 0.003
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  0.971;PLG= 4;AZM=324
2.(N)      -0.125;    21;    232
3.(P)      -0.846;    69;     64
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 9.09*10**25
NP1: STRIKE= 75;DIP=45;SLIP= -60
NP2: STRIKE=215;DIP=52;SLIP=-117

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