AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist More details on this rCMT at http://neic.cr.usgs.gov/beta/rcmt/events/091110024846.2009nvaj usr/passwd : rcmt/rcmt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - General region : 2009nvaj NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA RE surface waves (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz) Stations used : AAK ARU CTAO GNI KIV KMBO KURK PMG TLY ULN Origin time: 2009 314 2 48 46 Original location (lat,lon,depth) : 8.10000 91.9000 32 Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) : Mrr : -0.038886 Mtt : -0.086130 Mff : 0.125016 Mrt : -0.004538 Mrf : 0.033937 Mtf : -0.052568 T-axis: moment= 0.144 plunge= 10.571 azimuth= 256.913 N-axis: moment= -0.045 plunge= 78.853 azimuth= 58.205 P-axis: moment= -0.099 plunge= 3.495 azimuth= 166.260 best double couple: Mo= 0.121(x1.e26 dyncm) Mw=6.0 tau= 2.7 nodal planes (strike/dip/slip): 32.02/ 85.03/ 9.99 301.14/ 80.05/174.95 Centroid location : 8.274 91.578 40.651 Centroid time : 8.372 Variance reduction (%) : 33.0 *********** **** **** *** o*** ** oo---** ** oo-----** *oooo oo -------* *----oooooo oo --------* **---------oooo oo --------** *----------- ooooo oo ---------* **------------ oooo --------** **------------- +oooooo --------** **------------- oo ooo -------** *-T------------ ooo ooo ------* **------------ oo ooo---** *------------oo oo--* *----------oo o* **------oo ** **----oo ** ***o-- *** **** P **** *********** 0- 30- 60- 90- 120- 150- 180- 210- 240- 270- 300- 330- z-comp: 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 r-comp: 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 t-comp: 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 Total number of traces used = 20 number of runs = 3 starttime = Mon Nov 9 20:21:18 MST 2009 depth loop = Mon Nov 9 20:29:33 MST 2009 - Mon Nov 9 20:31:42 MST 2009 Solution produced by inversion of channels with var red > 2% Initial magnitude 6.2 : depth search was triggered. Initial depth 18 km. DInit CMTDep VarRed ------------------- 020 32.401 22.15 040 36.455 22.08 060 40.311 21.96 100 46.516 21.42 200 10.000 17.23 300 222.120 -1.80 400 699.000 3.63 500 442.515 7.09 600 221.151 1.94