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Magnitude 6.1 VANUATU

Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 09:27:34 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


July 15, 2007, VANUATU, MW=6.1

Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200707150927A  
DATA: II IU CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 96S, 224C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   77S, 146C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  97S, 237C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070715152922
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      09:27:39.6 0.1
LAT:15.41S 0.00;LON:168.65E 0.00
DEP: 13.1  0.2;TRIANG HDUR:  2.9
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 1.810 0.012; TT= 0.118 0.010
PP=-1.930 0.011; RT= 0.450 0.024
RP=-0.259 0.024; TP=-0.439 0.008
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.956;PLG=74;AZM= 20
2.(N)       0.070;    16;    190
3.(P)      -2.027;     3;    281
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.99*10**25
NP1: STRIKE= 27;DIP=45;SLIP= 113
NP2: STRIKE=176;DIP=50;SLIP=  69

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