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Magnitude 6.3 CENTRAL ITALY

Monday, April 06, 2009 at 01:32:39 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 6, 2009, CENTRAL ITALY, MW=6.3
 
Meredith Nettles
Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904060132A  
DATA: II IU CU G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 73S, 178C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   49S,  80C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  73S, 149C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090405231143
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      01:32:49.5 0.1
LAT:42.33N 0.01;LON: 13.32E 0.01
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  3.4
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR=-3.180 0.025; TT= 1.170 0.030
PP= 2.010 0.026; RT=-0.903 0.066
RP=-0.218 0.064; TP=-1.760 0.025
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  3.423;PLG= 3;AZM=231
2.(N)       0.001;    15;    140
3.(P)      -3.424;    75;    334
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 3.42*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=336;DIP=43;SLIP= -68
NP2: STRIKE=127;DIP=50;SLIP=-109

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