[rCMT] Mw=6.5 LOYALTY ISLANDS

[USGS research CMT]

AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist
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General region :  2008qqbf LOYALTY ISLANDS                                   
surface waves  (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz)
Stations used : CASY CTAO KIP MAJO RPN TAU YSS                                                                      
Origin time: 2008  100  14  47  51
Original location (lat,lon,depth) :     -20.0000    168.900  35   
Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) :
Mrr :     -0.103400 Mtt :      0.017457
Mff :      0.085943 Mrt :     -0.345420
Mrf :      0.535345 Mtf :      0.073070
T-axis:  moment=     0.591   plunge=    42.301  azimuth=   244.343    
N-axis:  moment=     0.102   plunge=     5.794  azimuth=   149.045    
P-axis:  moment=    -0.693   plunge=    47.113  azimuth=    52.773    
best double couple: Mo=    0.642(x1.e26 dyncm)  Mw=6.5  tau=  4.8     
nodal planes (strike/dip/slip):   36.24/  6.28/-22.68     148.80/ 87.58/-95.80  
Centroid location :  -19.938   167.408    42.135
Centroid time :     -2.682
Variance reduction (%) :   0
 
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z-comp:     0    0    1    0    1    0    2    0    0    1    1    1            
r-comp:     0    0    1    0    1    0    2    0    0    1    1    0            
t-comp:     0    0    1    0    1    0    2    0    0    1    1    0            
Total number of traces used =  19  
number of runs = 7
starttime = Wed Apr 9 09:21:02 MDT 2008
endtime = Wed Apr 9 09:37:45 MDT 2008
inversion time = Wed Apr 9 09:37:38 MDT 2008 - Wed Apr 9 09:37:44 MDT 2008
Solution produced by inversion of all available channels