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Magnitude 5.7 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 21:10:03 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 21, 2009, SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS, MW=5.6
 
Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904212110A  
DATA: II IU CU G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 85S, 155C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   37S,  39C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  82S, 147C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090422201420
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      21:10:02.7 0.1
LAT:10.99S 0.01;LON:165.84E 0.01
DEP: 47.4  0.3;TRIANG HDUR:  1.6
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**24 D-CM
RR= 3.180 0.051; TT=-0.254 0.041
PP=-2.930 0.038; RT=-0.629 0.039
RP= 0.066 0.033; TP= 1.640 0.034
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  3.301;PLG=79;AZM=168
2.(N)       0.420;    11;    334
3.(P)      -3.724;     3;     64
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 3.51*10**24
NP1: STRIKE=166;DIP=43;SLIP= 106
NP2: STRIKE=324;DIP=49;SLIP=  75

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