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Magnitude 5.7 BANDA SEA

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 05:33:18 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 21, 2009, BANDA SEA, MW=5.6
 
Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904210533A  
DATA: II IU CU G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 44S,  61C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   29S,  30C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  78S, 132C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090421131425
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      05:33:24.4 0.2
LAT: 4.21S 0.01;LON:129.79E 0.01
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  1.5
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 1.770 0.058; TT=-0.223 0.053
PP=-1.550 0.053; RT=-0.276 0.183
RP=-0.833 0.173; TP= 2.280 0.040
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  2.390;PLG=51;AZM=137
2.(N)       0.918;    38;    329
3.(P)      -3.311;     6;    234
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 2.85*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=290;DIP=52;SLIP=  38
NP2: STRIKE=174;DIP=61;SLIP= 135

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