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Magnitude 5.8 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 02:03:52 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 18, 2009, KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION, MW=5.7
 
Goran Ekstrom
Meredith Nettles

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904180203A  
DATA: II IU CU G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 92S, 179C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   46S,  53C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  92S, 164C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090419021603
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      02:03:53.4 0.1
LAT:28.94S 0.01;LON:177.05W 0.01
DEP: 50.8  0.4;TRIANG HDUR:  1.8
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 5.130 0.060; TT=-1.990 0.051
PP=-3.140 0.046; RT=-0.811 0.049
RP= 0.381 0.041; TP=-2.340 0.035
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  5.274;PLG=81;AZM=211
2.(N)      -0.296;     9;     38
3.(P)      -4.979;     1;    308
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 5.13*10**24
NP1: STRIKE= 29;DIP=45;SLIP=  77
NP2: STRIKE=227;DIP=47;SLIP= 103

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