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USGS Body-Wave Moment Tensor Solution

 08/03/03 02:37:25.31
 KEP. MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA 
 Epicenter:  -2.179   99.731
 MW 6.0

 USGS MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
 Depth  24         No. of sta: 49
 Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**18 Nm
   Mrr= 1.12       Mtt=-0.64
   Mpp=-0.48       Mrt= 0.88
   Mrp=-0.40       Mtp= 0.05
  Principal axes:
   T  Val=  1.55  Plg=66  Azm= 25
   N       -0.47       1      292
   P       -1.08      23      201

 Best Double Couple:Mo=1.4*10**18
  NP1:Strike=288 Dip=21 Slip=  86
  NP2:       113     69        91
                                      
               -------                
          -----------------           
        ------######---------         
      ---################------       
    --######################-----     
   -##########################----    
   -###############   ##########--    
  ---############## T ###########--   
  -----############   ############-   
  --------########################-   
  -----------#####################-   
  ---------------##################   
   -------------------############    
   -------------------------------    
    --------   ------------------     
      ------ P ----------------       
        ----   --------------         
          -----------------           
               -------                
                                      

Moment Tensor Solution

 


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