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/120202133440.2012wmay usr/passwd : rcmt/rcmt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - General region : 2012wmay VANUATU surface waves (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz) Stations used : AAK ARU CASY CCM COR DGAR FFC GNI HOPE HRV JTS KBS KEV KIP KMBO KONO KURK LSZ MAJO OTAV PET PMG PMS Origin time: 2012 33 13 34 40 Original location (lat,lon,depth) : -17.8000 167.100 20 Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) : Mrr : -3.301102 Mtt : -0.896363 Mff : 4.197465 Mrt : -2.395550 Mrf : -0.085702 Mtf : 2.532037 T-axis: moment= 5.365 plunge= 7.056 azimuth= 114.535 N-axis: moment= -0.395 plunge= 35.101 azimuth= 209.526 P-axis: moment= -4.969 plunge= 53.985 azimuth= 14.731 best double couple: Mo= 5.167(x1.e26 dyncm) Mw=7.1 tau= 9.6 nodal planes (strike/dip/slip): 52.47/ 60.98/-48.89 171.54/ 48.79/-139.85 Centroid location : -17.163 166.998 21.590 Centroid time : 14.516 Variance reduction (%) : 63.6 *********** ****oo **** ***- oo *** **---- o ** **---- oo ** *------oo oo* *-------o P o -* **-------o o --** *------- o oo----* **------- o oo------** **------- o + oo-------** **------- o ooo--------** *--------oo ooo----------* **------- o oooo-----------** *------ oo oooo-------------T* *----- ooooooo ---------------* **ooooooooo ---------------** ** oo ---------------** *** oo-----------*** **** oooo----**** *********** 0- 30- 60- 90- 120- 150- 180- 210- 240- 270- 300- 330- z-comp: 3 0 3 2 9 1 6 5 1 2 1 2 r-comp: 1 0 3 1 7 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 t-comp: 3 0 3 1 8 1 6 5 0 0 1 0 Total number of traces used = 89 number of runs = 1 starttime = Thu Feb 2 10:59:00 MST 2012 depth loop = Thu Feb 2 11:01:33 MST 2012 - Thu Feb 2 11:04:17 MST 2012 Solution produced by inversion of channels with var red > 2% Initial magnitude 7.1 : depth search was triggered. Initial depth 23 km. DInit CMTDep VarRed ------------------- 020 20.705 56.39 040 23.890 56.26 060 26.571 55.81 100 10.000 55.52 200 212.375 7.56 300 340.583 7.74 400 485.799 8.23 500 536.034 8.68 600 550.807 9.09