AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist More details on this rCMT at http://neic.cr.usgs.gov/beta/rcmt/events/091117153046.2009pcaq usr/passwd : rcmt/rcmt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - General region : 2009pcaq QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS R surface waves (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz) Stations used : HKT KIP PET SFJD TIXI TUC WCI YAK Origin time: 2009 321 15 30 46 Original location (lat,lon,depth) : 52.1000 -131.500 35 Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) : Mrr : 0.197349 Mtt : -0.422194 Mff : 0.224846 Mrt : 0.157518 Mrf : -0.182473 Mtf : 0.700532 T-axis: moment= 0.683 plunge= 8.662 azimuth= 121.308 N-axis: moment= 0.235 plunge= 75.345 azimuth= 355.678 P-axis: moment= -0.918 plunge= 11.729 azimuth= 213.120 best double couple: Mo= 0.801(x1.e26 dyncm) Mw=6.5 tau= 5.1 nodal planes (strike/dip/slip): 256.93/ 75.51/ -2.21 347.48/ 87.86/-165.50 Centroid location : 52.046 -131.768 29.308 Centroid time : 10.181 Variance reduction (%) : 44.6 *********** ****--o **** ***------- *** **---------o-- ** **-----------o-- ** *-------------o---- * *---------------o------ * **---------------o--------ooooooooo** *--------------oooooooooooo-------oo* **---------oooooo--o-----------------** **----ooooo--------+o----------------** ** oooo ----o----------------** *oo --o----------------* ** -o--------------** * o--------------* * oo-----------T* ** o----------** ** P o --------** *** -----*** **** o **** *********** 0- 30- 60- 90- 120- 150- 180- 210- 240- 270- 300- 330- z-comp: 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 r-comp: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 t-comp: 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Total number of traces used = 13 number of runs = 3 starttime = Tue Nov 17 08:59:34 MST 2009 depth loop = Tue Nov 17 09:06:48 MST 2009 - Tue Nov 17 09:08:16 MST 2009 Solution produced by inversion of channels with var red > 2% Initial magnitude 6.6 : depth search was triggered. Initial depth 10 km. DInit CMTDep VarRed ------------------- 020 28.044 35.12 040 30.750 35.42 060 35.211 35.50 100 45.097 35.47 200 233.494 3.80 300 434.811 8.64 400 439.058 7.84 500 422.782 12.17 600 408.489 8.51