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Magnitude 6.6 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Monday, July 16, 2007 at 01:13:22 UTC

Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution


July 16, 2007, NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN, MW=6.6

Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID-MOMENT-TENSOR  SOLUTION
GCMT EVENT:     C200707160113A  
DATA: II IU CU IC GE 
L.P.BODY WAVES: 90S, 236C, T= 50
MANTLE WAVES:   87S, 181C, T=125
SURFACE WAVES:  95S, 238C, T= 50
TIMESTAMP:      Q-20070716071806
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME:      01:13:29.8 0.0
LAT:37.52N 0.00;LON:138.47E 0.00
DEP: 12.0  FIX;TRIANG HDUR:  4.9
MOMENT TENSOR: SCALE 10**26 D-CM
RR= 0.884 0.003; TT=-0.360 0.003
PP=-0.524 0.003; RT=-0.401 0.009
RP=-0.317 0.010; TP=-0.463 0.003
PRINCIPAL AXES:
1.(T) VAL=  1.024;PLG=74;AZM=152
2.(N)       0.019;     5;     43
3.(P)      -1.043;    15;    311
BEST DBLE.COUPLE:M0= 1.03*10**26
NP1: STRIKE= 34;DIP=31;SLIP=  80
NP2: STRIKE=226;DIP=60;SLIP=  96

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