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Magnitude 5.5 SOUTHEAST OF EASTER ISLAND

Monday, July 30, 2007 at 06:06:50 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


July 30, 2007, SOUTHEAST OF EASTER ISLAND, MW=5.5

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200707300606A  
DATA: IU II CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 68S, 121C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   32S,  34C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  79S, 152C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070730141349
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      06:06:55.1 0.1
LAT:35.67S 0.01;LON:104.11W 0.01
DEP: 16.4  0.6;TRIANG HDUR:  1.3
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR=-0.308 0.026; TT=-0.458 0.025
PP= 0.765 0.026; RT=-0.124 0.063
RP=-0.502 0.069; TP=-1.950 0.024
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.241;PLG= 8;AZM= 54
2.(N)      -0.256;    74;    173
3.(P)      -1.986;    14;    323
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.11*10**24
NP1: STRIKE= 99;DIP=75;SLIP=-176
NP2: STRIKE=  8;DIP=86;SLIP= -15

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