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Magnitude 6.4 NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG.

Wednesday, April 01, 2009 at 03:54:59 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 1, 2009, NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG., MW=6.4
 
Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904010355A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:107S, 257C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   98S, 184C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 104S, 236C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090401112340
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      03:55:06.6 0.1
LAT: 3.33S 0.00;LON:144.28E 0.00
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  3.9
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR=-0.444 0.020; TT= 0.259 0.023
PP= 0.185 0.025; RT=-0.885 0.056
RP= 0.950 0.060; TP= 4.770 0.019
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  4.992;PLG= 0;AZM=315
2.(N)      -0.068;    74;    224
3.(P)      -4.924;    16;     45
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 4.96*10**25
NP1: STRIKE= 89;DIP=78;SLIP= -11
NP2: STRIKE=181;DIP=79;SLIP=-168

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