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Magnitude 7.4 EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS

Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 17:49:39 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


January 15, 2009, EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS, MW=7.4

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200901151749A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:116S, 294C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:  112S, 287C, T=150
SURFACE WAVES: 117S, 279C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090115163212
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      17:49:48.8 0.1
LAT:47.02N 0.01;LON:155.40E 0.01
DEP: 44.6  0.3;TRIANG HDUR: 12.0
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**27 D-CM
RR= 1.390 0.008; TT= 0.057 0.005
PP=-1.440 0.006; RT=-0.143 0.019
RP= 0.017 0.016; TP=-0.491 0.004
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.407;PLG=83;AZM=193
2.(N)       0.187;     7;     17
3.(P)      -1.587;     0;    287
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.50*10**27
NP1: STRIKE= 10;DIP=45;SLIP=  80
NP2: STRIKE=203;DIP=46;SLIP=  99

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