[rCMT] Mw=6.2 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS

USGS research CMT researchcmt at geohazards.usgs.gov
Thu Jul 3 03:58:20 GMT 2008


AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist
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General region :  2008uaac SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS                             
surface waves  (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz)
Stations used :  CASY CTAO INCN KIP MAJO PET PMSA RPN YSS                                                           
Origin time: 2008  185   3   2  36
Original location (lat,lon,depth) :     -23.3000   -179.800  559  
Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) :
Mrr :     -0.079915 Mtt :      0.213040
Mff :     -0.133125 Mrt :      0.160228
Mrf :      0.037473 Mtf :      0.012321
T-axis:  moment=     0.285   plunge=    23.977  azimuth=   356.032    
N-axis:  moment=    -0.112   plunge=    32.371  azimuth=   249.657    
P-axis:  moment=    -0.173   plunge=    47.767  azimuth=   115.367    
best double couple: Mo=    0.229(x1.e26 dyncm)  Mw=6.2  tau=  3.4     
nodal planes (strike/dip/slip):  131.11/ 35.82/-23.81     240.79/ 76.34/-123.44 
Centroid location :  -22.964  -180.046   562.917
Centroid time :      9.330
Variance reduction (%) :  34
 
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          0-   30-  60-  90-  120- 150- 180- 210- 240- 270- 300- 330-           
z-comp:     1    0    1    0    0    1    2    2    0    1    0    1            
r-comp:     0    0    1    0    0    1    1    1    0    0    0    0            
t-comp:     0    0    1    0    0    1    0    1    0    1    0    0            
Total number of traces used =  17  
number of runs = 9
starttime = Wed Jul 2 21:36:47 MDT 2008
endtime = Wed Jul 2 21:58:18 MDT 2008
inversion time = Wed Jul 2 21:58:12 MDT 2008 - Wed Jul 2 21:58:18 MDT 2008
Solution produced by inversion of channels with var red > 2%


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