Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution

Magnitude 6.1 TONGA
Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 02:34:28 UTC


February 13, 2010, TONGA, MW=6.0

Meredith Nettles
Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C201002130234A  
DATA: II IU CU IC G  GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES:101S, 208C, T= 40
MANTLE WAVES:   87S, 108C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES: 110S, 241C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20100213091933
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      02:34:34.5 0.1
LAT:22.14S 0.01;LON:174.08W 0.01
DEP: 20.0  0.3;TRIANG HDUR:  2.5
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**25 D-CM
RR= 0.844 0.010; TT=-0.192 0.008
PP=-0.652 0.008; RT= 0.429 0.019
RP= 0.870 0.022; TP=-0.508 0.006
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.268;PLG=66;AZM=290
2.(N)       0.128;     4;     29
3.(P)      -1.396;    23;    121
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.33*10**25
NP1: STRIKE=219;DIP=22;SLIP= 101
NP2: STRIKE= 28;DIP=68;SLIP=  86

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