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Magnitude 5.8 NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.

Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 14:20:43 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


July 22, 2007, NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG., MW=5.6

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200707221420A  
DATA: IU II IC GE CU 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 77S, 143C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   51S,  60C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  84S, 180C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070722202953
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      14:20:48.0 0.1
LAT: 2.79S 0.01;LON:141.74E 0.01
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  1.5
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR=-2.700 0.027; TT= 2.590 0.023
PP= 0.109 0.028; RT=-0.131 0.078
RP= 1.080 0.085; TP=-0.507 0.022
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.712;PLG= 4;AZM=193
2.(N)       0.354;    18;    284
3.(P)      -3.068;    71;     91
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.89*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=264;DIP=44;SLIP=-117
NP2: STRIKE=119;DIP=52;SLIP= -66

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