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Magnitude 6.3 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION

Saturday, April 04, 2009 at 05:31:55 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 4, 2009, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION, MW=6.2
 
Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904040531A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:102S, 234C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   85S, 136C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 102S, 234C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090404100150
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      05:31:58.9 0.1
LAT: 5.21N 0.00;LON:127.22E 0.01
DEP: 56.4  0.3;TRIANG HDUR:  3.2
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 1.740 0.016; TT=-0.232 0.015
PP=-1.510 0.017; RT=-1.090 0.014
RP=-0.256 0.015; TP= 1.950 0.013
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.552;PLG=53;AZM=150
2.(N)       0.411;    37;    319
3.(P)      -2.965;     6;     53
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.76*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=176;DIP=51;SLIP= 140
NP2: STRIKE=294;DIP=60;SLIP=  47

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