AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist More details on this rCMT at http://neic.cr.usgs.gov/beta/rcmt/events/090726230135.2009jnb9 usr/passwd : rcmt/rcmt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - General region : 2009jnb9 VANUATU surface waves (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz) Stations used : CASY CTAO INCN KIP MAJO PMG RPN TAU Origin time: 2009 207 23 1 35 Original location (lat,lon,depth) : -17.8000 168.000 90 Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) : Mrr : -0.031852 Mtt : 0.001749 Mff : 0.030103 Mrt : -0.000784 Mrf : -0.022290 Mtf : 0.018573 T-axis: moment= 0.045 plunge= 15.141 azimuth= 113.597 N-axis: moment= -0.005 plunge= 14.193 azimuth= 19.673 P-axis: moment= -0.040 plunge= 69.008 azimuth= 248.440 best double couple: Mo= 0.042(x1.e26 dyncm) Mw=5.7 tau= 1.9 nodal planes (strike/dip/slip): 11.82/ 61.61/-106.18 223.21/ 32.34/-62.72 Centroid location : -17.917 168.041 92.586 Centroid time : 5.381 Variance reduction (%) : 3 *********** ****-- oo**** ***---- ooooooooooo*** **----- oooo o -o** **---- oooo oo ----** *----- oo o -------* *---- ooo o --------* **--- oo o---------** *--- oo o----------* **-- oo o----------** **- o + oo----------** **- oo P o-----------** * o oo-----------* ** o o---------T-** * o oo-----------* * o oo-----------* **o oo----------** ** oo----------** *** ooo--------*** **** ooo ----**** *********** 0- 30- 60- 90- 120- 150- 180- 210- 240- 270- 300- 330- z-comp: 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 r-comp: 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 t-comp: 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 Total number of traces used = 18 number of runs = 7 starttime = Sun Jul 26 17:35:22 MDT 2009 depth loop = Sun Jul 26 17:54:30 MDT 2009 - Sun Jul 26 17:55:21 MDT 2009 Solution produced by inversion of all available channels Initial magnitude 6.2 : depth search was triggered. Initial depth 52 km. DInit CMTDep VarRed ------------------- 020 21.055 2.05 040 49.677 0.73 060 94.030 3.04 100 93.287 3.15 200 90.224 3.29 300 157.370 1.54 400 462.136 1.04 500 555.915 1.44 600 614.680 1.64