AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist More details on this rCMT at http://neic.cr.usgs.gov/beta/rcmt/events/100413234942.2010vacp usr/passwd : rcmt/rcmt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - General region : 2010vacp SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA surface waves (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz) Stations used : ARU GNI INCN KIV KURK MAJO TIXI YAK YSS Origin time: 2010 103 23 49 42 Original location (lat,lon,depth) : 33.3000 96.7000 24 Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) : Mrr : -0.072708 Mtt : 1.803993 Mff : -1.731285 Mrt : -0.620592 Mrf : 1.054228 Mtf : 0.859470 T-axis: moment= 2.077 plunge= 11.482 azimuth= 170.426 N-axis: moment= 0.421 plunge= 61.261 azimuth= 282.167 P-axis: moment= -2.497 plunge= 25.956 azimuth= 74.752 best double couple: Mo= 2.287(x1.e26 dyncm) Mw=6.8 tau= 7.3 nodal planes (strike/dip/slip): 215.31/ 63.24/-169.11 120.36/ 80.29/-27.18 Centroid location : 33.767 96.667 17.055 Centroid time : 16.402 Variance reduction (%) : 62.4 *********** ****-----------**** ***-------------- ooo*** **--------------- oooo ** **--------------oooo ** *o-------------ooo * *-ooo---------ooo * ** --ooo------oo- ** * --oooo--oo-- P * ** ----oooo--- ** ** ----oooooo--+ ** ** --oo----oooo ** * --o--------ooooo * ** -oo------------ooooo ** * --o-----------------ooooo * * -oo--------------------- ooo* ** -o------------------------** **-o-----------------------** ***-------------------*** ****--------T--**** *********** 0- 30- 60- 90- 120- 150- 180- 210- 240- 270- 300- 330- z-comp: 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 r-comp: 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 t-comp: 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 Total number of traces used = 17 number of runs = 2 starttime = Tue Apr 13 18:18:59 MDT 2010 depth loop = Tue Apr 13 18:22:27 MDT 2010 - Tue Apr 13 18:22:56 MDT 2010 Solution produced by inversion of channels with var red > 2% Initial magnitude 6.9 : depth search was triggered. Initial depth 47 km. DInit CMTDep VarRed ------------------- 020 16.842 51.56 040 19.654 51.89 060 23.899 51.71 100 25.109 51.51 200 24.680 52.14 300 158.886 17.80 400 188.710 20.65 500 363.407 18.98 600 391.812 16.13