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USGS Centroid Moment Tensor Solution

 09/08/17 00:05:47.44
 SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISL., JAPAN 
 Epicenter:  23.469  123.473
 MW 6.6

 USGS CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR
 09/08/17 00:06:00.29
 Centroid:   23.191  123.956
 Depth  31         No. of sta:151
 Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**19 Nm
   Mrr=-0.04       Mtt= 1.09
   Mpp=-1.05       Mrt= 0.30
   Mrp= 0.10       Mtp= 0.10
  Principal axes:
   T  Val=  1.17  Plg=14  Azm=356
   N       -0.11      74      196
   P       -1.06       5       88

 Best Double Couple:Mo=1.1*10**19
  NP1:Strike= 42 Dip=84 Slip= 166
  NP2:       133     76         7
                                      
               #   ###                
          ###### T ########           
        ########   ##########         
      #######################--       
    ---####################------     
   ------#################--------    
   -------###############---------    
  ---------############------------   
  -----------#########-----------     
  -------------#####------------- P   
  ---------------#---------------     
  ---------------##----------------   
   ------------######-------------    
   ----------##########-----------    
    -------###############-------     
      ---#####################-       
        #####################         
          #################           
               #######                
                                      

Moment Tensor Solution

 


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