Magnitude 7.7 OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z.

July 15, 2009, OFF W. COAST OF S. ISLAND, N.Z., MW=7.8

Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200907150922A  
DATA: II IU CU IC 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 83S, 206C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   79S, 212C, T=150
SURFACE WAVES:  79S, 169C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090715081452
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      09:22:50.7 0.1
LAT:45.81S 0.01;LON:166.28E 0.01
DEP: 22.2  0.4;TRIANG HDUR: 19.3
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**27 D-CM
RR= 3.030 0.023; TT= 0.734 0.013
PP=-3.770 0.015; RT= 2.710 0.121
RP=-4.110 0.121; TP=-0.143 0.009
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  6.150;PLG=56;AZM= 40
2.(N)      -0.277;    18;    159
3.(P)      -5.878;    27;    259
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 6.01*10**27
NP1: STRIKE= 26;DIP=24;SLIP= 140
NP2: STRIKE=154;DIP=74;SLIP=  71

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