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Magnitude 5.8 KEP. MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 17:47:27 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 15, 2009, KEP. MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA, MW=5.8
 
Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904151747A  
DATA: II IU G  CU GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 59S, 104C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   11S,  12C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  70S,  92C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090416104500
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      17:47:31.1 0.2
LAT: 3.40S 0.01;LON:100.11E 0.01
DEP: 15.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  1.8
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 1.430 0.039; TT=-0.727 0.037
PP=-0.699 0.032; RT= 4.450 0.110
RP=-2.550 0.110; TP= 0.860 0.027
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  5.325;PLG=53;AZM= 25
2.(N)       0.045;     4;    121
3.(P)      -5.366;    37;    214
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 5.35*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=330;DIP= 9;SLIP= 119
NP2: STRIKE=120;DIP=82;SLIP=  86

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