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Magnitude 6.4 KEP. MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA

Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 14:46:21 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


February 24, 2008, KEP. MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA, MW=6.4

Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200802241446A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 98S, 219C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   86S, 120C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  86S, 176C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080224171053
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      14:46:27.0 0.1
LAT: 2.65S 0.00;LON: 99.69E 0.00
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  3.7
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 1.070 0.011; TT=-0.583 0.010
PP=-0.486 0.012; RT= 3.380 0.032
RP=-2.500 0.034; TP= 0.695 0.009
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  4.287;PLG=53;AZM= 34
2.(N)       0.145;     2;    127
3.(P)      -4.431;    37;    218
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 4.36*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=322;DIP= 8;SLIP= 105
NP2: STRIKE=127;DIP=82;SLIP=  88

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