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Magnitude 5.9 LAC KIVU REGION, CONGO

Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 07:34:13 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


February 3, 2008, LAC KIVU REGION, CONGO, MW=5.9 

Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200802030734A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 94S, 195C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   81S, 108C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  99S, 233C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080203131955
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      07:34:15.2 0.1
LAT: 2.35S 0.01;LON: 28.78E 0.00
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  2.2
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR=-0.848 0.006; TT=-0.099 0.005
PP= 0.947 0.006; RT=-0.029 0.017
RP=-0.350 0.017; TP= 0.014 0.005
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.013;PLG=11;AZM= 91
2.(N)      -0.098;     2;    181
3.(P)      -0.915;    79;    280
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 0.96*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=179;DIP=34;SLIP= -93
NP2: STRIKE=  2;DIP=56;SLIP= -88

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