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Magnitude 6.1 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 00:06:54 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


April 26, 2009, KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, MW=6.1
 
Liz Starin

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200904260006A  
DATA: II IU CU G  GE IC 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 99S, 233C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   83S, 115C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 102S, 228C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20090426122023
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      00:06:58.4 0.1
LAT:30.18S 0.01;LON:178.26W 0.00
DEP:151.3  0.4;TRIANG HDUR:  2.7
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 0.065 0.012; TT=-0.127 0.014
PP= 0.062 0.014; RT= 0.429 0.010
RP= 1.640 0.009; TP=-0.277 0.013
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.710;PLG=45;AZM=275
2.(N)       0.022;    10;     15
3.(P)      -1.732;    43;    114
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.72*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=277;DIP=10;SLIP= 172
NP2: STRIKE= 15;DIP=89;SLIP=  80

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