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Magnitude 6.3 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES

Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 03:20:29 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


December 25, 2008, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES, MW=6.3

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200812250320A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:106S, 260C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   92S, 153C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 111S, 266C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20081225093636
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      03:20:30.9 0.1
LAT: 5.75N 0.00;LON:125.68E 0.00
DEP:197.3  0.4;TRIANG HDUR:  3.4
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 1.460 0.016; TT=-0.254 0.019
PP=-1.210 0.022; RT=-0.265 0.015
RP= 3.140 0.016; TP=-0.818 0.020
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  3.654;PLG=55;AZM=253
2.(N)      -0.277;    14;      3
3.(P)      -3.381;    32;    102
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 3.52*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=231;DIP=18;SLIP= 140
NP2: STRIKE=  0;DIP=78;SLIP=  76

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