AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist, new beta version 12/7/10 More details on this rCMT at http://neic.cr.usgs.gov/beta/rcmt/events/120202133438.2012wmay usr/passwd : rcmt/rcmt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - General region : 2012wmay VANUATU surface waves (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz) Stations used : CASY KIP MAJO PET PMG RPN SNZO TAU YSS Origin time: 2012 33 13 34 38 Original location (lat,lon,depth) : -17.8000 167.100 14 Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) : Mrr : -2.832489 Mtt : -0.999027 Mff : 3.831516 Mrt : -3.989357 Mrf : 15.232629 Mtf : 1.987044 T-axis: moment= 16.147 plunge= 39.213 azimuth= 265.740 N-axis: moment= 0.184 plunge= 10.198 azimuth= 167.299 P-axis: moment= -16.332 plunge= 48.964 azimuth= 65.371 best double couple: Mo= 16.240(x1.e26 dyncm) Mw=7.4 tau= 14.0 nodal planes (strike/dip/slip): 50.86/ 11.36/-25.99 166.41/ 85.05/-100.24 Centroid location : -17.234 167.089 13.291 Centroid time : 8.210 Variance reduction (%) : 66.4 *********** ****-o **** ***-----o *** **--------o ** **---------oo ** *------------o o* *-------------o o* **-------------oo ** *---------------o P o* **---------------oo o** **------T---------o+ o** **----------------oo o** *-----------------o oo* **----------------o o** *-----------------o oo * *----------------o oo * **---------------o ooo** **o-------------oo ooo ** ***oo----------o oooo*** ****ooooooooooo**** *********** 0- 30- 60- 90- 120- 150- 180- 210- 240- 270- 300- 330- z-comp: 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 r-comp: 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 t-comp: 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Total number of traces used = 20 number of runs = 11 starttime = Thu Feb 2 06:48:50 MST 2012 depth loop = Thu Feb 2 07:24:39 MST 2012 - Thu Feb 2 07:25:15 MST 2012 Solution produced by inversion of channels with var red > 2% Initial magnitude 6.9 : depth search was triggered. Initial depth 10 km. DInit CMTDep VarRed ------------------- 020 10.000 56.94 040 14.194 60.34 060 17.922 59.23 100 10.000 57.27 200 324.795 13.00 300 419.546 13.81 400 470.974 13.87 500 510.473 13.03 600 532.590 12.52