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Magnitude 6.7 SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISL., JAPAN

Monday, August 17, 2009 at 00:05:49 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


August 17, 2009,  SW RYUKYU ISL., JAPAN, MW=6.7

Vala Hjorleifsdottir

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200908170005A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 91S, 220C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   86S, 181C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  96S, 214C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090817145208
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      00:05:52.8 0.1
LAT:23.33N 0.00;LON:123.61E 0.00
DEP: 25.0  0.3;TRIANG HDUR:  5.3
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 0.033 0.005; TT= 1.100 0.005
PP=-1.140 0.006; RT= 0.606 0.018
RP= 0.163 0.016; TP= 0.076 0.005
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.381;PLG=25;AZM=357
2.(N)      -0.226;    64;    197
3.(P)      -1.162;     8;     90
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.27*10**26
NP1: STRIKE=136;DIP=67;SLIP=  12
NP2: STRIKE= 41;DIP=79;SLIP= 157
             
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