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Magnitude 5.6 LOYALTY ISLANDS

Friday, July 20, 2007 at 17:23:57 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


July 20, 2007, LOYALTY ISLANDS, MW=5.5

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200707201723A  
DATA: II IU CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 71S, 131C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   44S,  46C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  81S, 161C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070720231358
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      17:23:59.2 0.1
LAT:20.84S 0.01;LON:168.36E 0.01
DEP: 15.4  0.4;TRIANG HDUR:  1.4
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR=-2.240 0.036; TT=-0.207 0.026
PP= 2.450 0.030; RT=-0.759 0.090
RP= 0.185 0.085; TP=-0.298 0.022
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.499;PLG= 3;AZM=263
2.(N)      -0.002;    18;    172
3.(P)      -2.493;    72;      3
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.50*10**24
NP1: STRIKE= 11;DIP=45;SLIP= -64
NP2: STRIKE=156;DIP=51;SLIP=-113

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