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Magnitude 6.1 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 00:07:36 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


July 18, 2007, SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS, MW=6.1

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200707180007A  
DATA: IU II CU IC 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 70S, 157C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   64S, 107C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  83S, 175C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070718061526
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      00:07:39.9 0.1
LAT:26.30S 0.00;LON:177.66W 0.01
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  2.7
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR=-1.260 0.012; TT= 0.540 0.012
PP= 0.719 0.013; RT= 0.364 0.031
RP= 0.121 0.034; TP= 1.540 0.011
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.205;PLG= 6;AZM=314
2.(N)      -0.841;    22;     46
3.(P)      -1.365;    68;    210
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.79*10**25
NP1: STRIKE= 21;DIP=44;SLIP=-122
NP2: STRIKE=243;DIP=54;SLIP= -63

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