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Magnitude 5.7 NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Monday, July 16, 2007 at 06:37:40 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


July 16, 2007, NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN, MW=5.7

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200707160637A  
DATA: II IU IC GE CU 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 80S, 159C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   22S,  24C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  85S, 188C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070716071221
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      06:37:44.7 0.1
LAT:37.59N 0.01;LON:138.57E 0.01
DEP: 17.7  0.3;TRIANG HDUR:  1.8
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 4.170 0.065; TT=-0.869 0.041
PP=-3.300 0.051; RT=-1.910 0.117
RP=-2.040 0.124; TP=-1.810 0.035
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  5.057;PLG=72;AZM=145
2.(N)       0.006;     7;     33
3.(P)      -5.062;    16;    300
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 5.06*10**24
NP1: STRIKE= 20;DIP=29;SLIP=  75
NP2: STRIKE=216;DIP=62;SLIP=  98

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