[rCMT] Mw=6.4 SOLOMON ISLANDS

[USGS research CMT]

AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist
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General region :  2008vabe SOLOMON ISLANDS                                   
surface waves  (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz)
Stations used : CASY DGAR KIP MAJO RPN TLY ULN YAK YSS                                                              
Origin time: 2008  210  21  40  53
Original location (lat,lon,depth) :     -10.6000    163.100  53   
Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) :
Mrr :     -0.020066 Mtt :      0.074069
Mff :     -0.054002 Mrt :      0.378842
Mrf :      0.251522 Mtf :      0.084578
T-axis:  moment=     0.507   plunge=    40.781  azimuth=   328.921    
N-axis:  moment=    -0.093   plunge=     3.551  azimuth=   235.852    
P-axis:  moment=    -0.414   plunge=    48.997  azimuth=   141.759    
best double couple: Mo=    0.460(x1.e26 dyncm)  Mw=6.4  tau=  4.3     
nodal planes (strike/dip/slip):   96.51/  5.44/-49.21     235.60/ 85.88/-93.56  
Centroid location :   -8.737   163.203    15.316
Centroid time :     17.237
Variance reduction (%) :  16
 
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z-comp:     0    0    1    0    1    0    2    1    0    1    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 =  21  
number of runs = 9
starttime = Mon Jul 28 16:17:17 MDT 2008
endtime = Mon Jul 28 16:38:31 MDT 2008
inversion time = Mon Jul 28 16:38:23 MDT 2008 - Mon Jul 28 16:38:30 MDT 2008
Solution produced by inversion of all available channels