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Magnitude 5.9 SOUTHERN ALASKA

2009 January 24 18:09:50 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


January 24, 2009, SOUTHERN ALASKA, MW=5.8

Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200901241809A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:102S, 198C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   40S,  42C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 107S, 207C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090124231652
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      18:09:52.5 0.1
LAT:59.48N 0.01;LON:153.05W 0.01
DEP:115.2  0.8;TRIANG HDUR:  1.8
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 1.430 0.048; TT=-4.600 0.062
PP= 3.180 0.060; RT= 1.490 0.043
RP= 2.010 0.038; TP= 2.410 0.051
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  5.307;PLG=32;AZM=289
2.(N)       0.114;    57;     91
3.(P)      -5.411;     8;    194
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 5.36*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=327;DIP=62;SLIP= 162
NP2: STRIKE= 65;DIP=74;SLIP=  29

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