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Magnitude 6.2 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

Sunday, October 05, 2008 at 09:12:36 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


October 5, 2008, KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, MW=6.2

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200810050912A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:103S, 221C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   86S, 131C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 107S, 257C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20081005132108
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      09:12:46.3 0.1
LAT:30.01S 0.01;LON:176.73W 0.01
DEP: 15.8  0.3;TRIANG HDUR:  3.0
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 1.400 0.014; TT=-0.101 0.010
PP=-1.300 0.011; RT= 0.551 0.034
RP= 1.680 0.047; TP=-0.441 0.008
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.247;PLG=64;AZM=288
2.(N)       0.044;     0;     18
3.(P)      -2.292;    26;    108
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.27*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=198;DIP=19;SLIP=  90
NP2: STRIKE= 18;DIP=71;SLIP=  90

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