[rCMT] Mw=5.9 LOYALTY ISLANDS

Mon Apr 7 16:45:44 MST 2008

AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist
--------------------------------------------------
General region :  2008qnb5 LOYALTY ISLANDS                                   
surface waves  (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz)
Stations used : CASY CTAO KIP MAJO PET RPN TAU YSS                                                                  
Origin time: 2008   98  22  54  40
Original location (lat,lon,depth) :     -20.1000    168.500  35   
Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) :
Mrr :      0.069021 Mtt :     -0.000454
Mff :     -0.068567 Mrt :     -0.020197
Mrf :      0.006353 Mtf :      0.028426
T-axis:  moment=     0.074   plunge=    74.705  azimuth=   177.926    
N-axis:  moment=     0.006   plunge=    14.404  azimuth=   337.833    
P-axis:  moment=    -0.080   plunge=     5.036  azimuth=    69.129    
best double couple: Mo=    0.077(x1.e26 dyncm)  Mw=5.9  tau=  2.4     
nodal planes (strike/dip/slip):  326.12/ 51.68/ 71.52     174.46/ 41.92/111.86  
Centroid location :  -19.807   168.759    42.047
Centroid time :      7.014
Variance reduction (%) :   7
 
                   ***********              
               ****ooo-       ****          
            ***ooooooo---         ***       
          ** ---oo---oooo-           **     
         **  --oo-------ooo           **    
        *    -oo----------ooo           *   
       *     -o-------------ooo          *  
      **     -o---------------oo         P* 
      *      oo----------------oo         * 
     **      o------------------oo        **
     **      o----------+--------oo       **
     **      oo-------------------oo      **
      *      -o---------T----------o      * 
      **      oo-------------------o-    ** 
       *      -o-------------------oo-   *  
        *      oo-------------------o-  *   
         **     oo-----------------oo-**    
          **    -ooo---------------o-**     
            ***  --ooo------------***       
               ****--oooo-----****          
                   ***********              
 
          0-   30-  60-  90-  120- 150- 180- 210- 240- 270- 300- 330-           
z-comp:     0    0    1    0    1    0    2    0    0    1    1    1            
r-comp:     0    0    1    0    1    0    3    0    0    1    1    0            
t-comp:     0    0    1    0    1    0    3    0    0    1    1    0            
Total number of traces used =  21  
number of runs = 14
starttime = Mon Apr 7 17:15:55 MDT 2008
endtime = Mon Apr 7 17:45:40 MDT 2008
inversion time = Mon Apr 7 17:45:37 MDT 2008 - Mon Apr 7 17:45:39 MDT 2008
Solution produced by inversion of all available channels