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Magnitude 5.9 BISMARCK SEA

Monday, July 23, 2007 at 00:08:32 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


July 23, 2007, BISMARCK SEA, MW=5.9

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200707230008A  
DATA: II IU CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 82S, 171C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   45S,  52C, T=125
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070724194755
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      00:08:34.0 0.1
LAT: 4.44S 0.01;LON:149.98E 0.01
DEP:561.1  1.1;TRIANG HDUR:  2.1
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR=-1.560 0.070; TT=-2.820 0.103
PP= 4.380 0.111; RT=-1.820 0.108
RP=-5.660 0.101; TP=-4.870 0.093
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  8.801;PLG=25;AZM= 71
2.(N)      -0.431;    44;    187
3.(P)      -8.370;    36;    322
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 8.59*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=111;DIP=45;SLIP=-170
NP2: STRIKE= 14;DIP=83;SLIP= -46

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