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Magnitude 6.2 VANUATU

Monday, September 08, 2008 at 03:03:16 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


September 8, 2008, VANUATU, MW=6.2

Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200809080303A  
DATA: II IU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 89S, 219C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   72S, 121C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  89S, 214C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20080908091742
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      03:03:21.5 0.1
LAT:19.98S 0.00;LON:168.81E 0.00
DEP: 47.2  0.2;TRIANG HDUR:  3.0
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 2.040 0.015; TT= 0.353 0.011
PP=-2.390 0.012; RT=-0.523 0.012
RP=-0.262 0.012; TP= 0.269 0.009
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.212;PLG=73;AZM=166
2.(N)       0.217;    17;    356
3.(P)      -2.426;     3;    265
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.32*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=338;DIP=45;SLIP=  66
NP2: STRIKE=190;DIP=50;SLIP= 112

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