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Magnitude 6.8 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at 16:45:19 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


May 7, 2008, NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN, MW=6.8

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200805071645A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 95S, 252C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   94S, 202C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  97S, 244C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080507193051
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      16:45:26.9 0.1
LAT:36.21N 0.00;LON:141.62E 0.01
DEP: 25.9  0.2;TRIANG HDUR:  6.5
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 1.080 0.006; TT=-0.118 0.004
PP=-0.965 0.005; RT= 0.805 0.016
RP= 1.880 0.025; TP=-0.502 0.004
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.282;PLG=60;AZM=292
2.(N)       0.114;     1;     24
3.(P)      -2.400;    30;    114
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.34*10**26
NP1: STRIKE=207;DIP=15;SLIP=  93
NP2: STRIKE= 23;DIP=75;SLIP=  89

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