[rCMT] Mw=6.1 SOLOMON ISLANDS

[USGS research CMT]

AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist
--------------------------------------------------
General region :  2008vabf SOLOMON ISLANDS                                   
surface waves  (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz)
Stations used : CASY KIP MAJO RPN TLY ULN YAK YSS                                                                   
Origin time: 2008  210  21  37  40
Original location (lat,lon,depth) :     -10.6000    163.000  68   
Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) :
Mrr :     -0.031515 Mtt :      0.052258
Mff :     -0.020743 Mrt :     -0.124003
Mrf :      0.059836 Mtf :      0.092915
T-axis:  moment=     0.153   plunge=    27.933  azimuth=   161.168    
N-axis:  moment=     0.033   plunge=    37.232  azimuth=   274.930    
P-axis:  moment=    -0.186   plunge=    40.076  azimuth=    44.675    
best double couple: Mo=    0.170(x1.e26 dyncm)  Mw=6.1  tau=  3.1     
nodal planes (strike/dip/slip):  100.38/ 82.88/-52.43     199.53/ 38.14/-168.42 
Centroid location :  -10.371   163.203    20.116
Centroid time :      2.139
Variance reduction (%) :  14
 
                   ***********              
               ****-   ooooooo****          
            ***----  ooo          ***       
          **------ooo                **     
         **------oo                   **    
        *------ooo                      *   
       *------oo                P        *  
      **------o-                         ** 
      *o-----o---                         * 
     **-oooooo----                        **
     **-----ooooooooo   +                 **
     **-----o-------oooooooooooo          **
      *-----o-------------------oooooooooo* 
      **----o----------------------------** 
       *----o----------------------------*  
        *---oo--------------------------*   
         **--oo-----------------------**    
          **--oo------------T--------**     
            ***oo-----------------***       
               ****-----------****          
                   ***********              
 
          0-   30-  60-  90-  120- 150- 180- 210- 240- 270- 300- 330-           
z-comp:     0    0    1    0    1    0    2    1    0    0    0    1            
r-comp:     0    0    1    0    1    0    3    2    0    0    0    0            
t-comp:     0    0    1    0    1    0    3    2    0    0    0    0            
Total number of traces used =  20  
number of runs = 14
starttime = Mon Jul 28 16:00:27 MDT 2008
endtime = Mon Jul 28 16:34:05 MDT 2008
inversion time = Mon Jul 28 16:33:57 MDT 2008 - Mon Jul 28 16:34:04 MDT 2008
Solution produced by inversion of all available channels