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Magnitude 5.7 FIJI REGION

Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 17:49:39 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


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

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904181749A  
DATA: II IU CU G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 76S, 135C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   33S,  33C, T=125
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090418220904
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      17:49:42.6 0.2
LAT:20.62S 0.02;LON:178.36W 0.02
DEP:572.7  1.3;TRIANG HDUR:  1.7
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR=-1.190 0.047; TT= 0.671 0.076
PP= 0.518 0.078; RT=-2.700 0.082
RP=-3.580 0.072; TP=-0.120 0.071
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  4.193;PLG=40;AZM=128
2.(N)       0.731;     1;     37
3.(P)      -4.925;    50;    307
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 4.56*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=223;DIP= 5;SLIP= -84
NP2: STRIKE= 37;DIP=85;SLIP= -91

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