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Magnitude 6.4 KEP. MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA

Monday, February 25, 2008 at 18:06:03 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


February 25, 2008, KEP. MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA, MW=6.4

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200802251806A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 99S, 231C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   81S, 129C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  88S, 171C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080226044930
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      18:06:09.3 0.1
LAT: 2.67S 0.00;LON: 99.66E 0.01
DEP: 23.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  4.0
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 2.260 0.023; TT=-1.400 0.018
PP=-0.857 0.022; RT= 3.390 0.036
RP=-2.380 0.041; TP= 1.360 0.016
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  4.660;PLG=60;AZM= 32
2.(N)       0.247;     2;    126
3.(P)      -4.903;    30;    217
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 4.78*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=314;DIP=15;SLIP=  98
NP2: STRIKE=126;DIP=75;SLIP=  88

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