[rCMT] Mw=5.7 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

[USGS research CMT]

AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist
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General region :  2008zibd SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS RE                         
surface waves  (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz)
Stations used :  BFO CASY ESK FFC GNI KEV KONO KURK NNA OTAV PMG SFJD SJG SUR TAU TLY ULN WCI                       
Origin time: 2008  318  15  10  16
Original location (lat,lon,depth) :     -55.9000   -27.3000  80   
Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) :
Mrr :     -0.031096 Mtt :      0.039735
Mff :     -0.008639 Mrt :     -0.008398
Mrf :      0.000853 Mtf :      0.014523
T-axis:  moment=     0.045   plunge=     5.946  azimuth=   164.828    
N-axis:  moment=    -0.012   plunge=     8.708  azimuth=   255.742    
P-axis:  moment=    -0.032   plunge=    79.429  azimuth=    40.901    
best double couple: Mo=    0.038(x1.e26 dyncm)  Mw=5.7  tau=  1.9     
nodal planes (strike/dip/slip):   82.73/ 51.55/-78.85     245.15/ 39.79/-103.68 
Centroid location :  -55.982   -26.658    83.298
Centroid time :      4.183
Variance reduction (%) :   6
 
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z-comp:     3    0    0    1    0    1    1    3    0    0    0    0            
r-comp:     0    0    0    2    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0            
t-comp:     0    0    0    2    1    2    0    1    1    0    0    0            
Total number of traces used =  19  
number of runs = 1
starttime = Thu Nov 13 09:52:23 MST 2008
endtime = Thu Nov 13 09:54:58 MST 2008
inversion time = Thu Nov 13 09:54:51 MST 2008 - Thu Nov 13 09:54:58 MST 2008
Solution produced by inversion of channels with var red > 2%