[rCMT] Mw=5.7 KURIL ISLANDS

[USGS research CMT]

AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist
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General region :  2008vhal KURIL ISLANDS                                     
surface waves  (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz)
Stations used : ARU COR INCN KIP KURK TIXI TLY ULN                                                                  
Origin time: 2008  217   4  42  14
Original location (lat,lon,depth) :      49.9000    156.300  69   
Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) :
Mrr :     -0.008882 Mtt :     -0.006246
Mff :      0.015128 Mrt :      0.012976
Mrf :      0.038267 Mtf :      0.011427
T-axis:  moment=     0.048   plunge=    35.146  azimuth=   291.206    
N-axis:  moment=    -0.011   plunge=     3.789  azimuth=   198.534    
P-axis:  moment=    -0.037   plunge=    54.588  azimuth=   103.189    
best double couple: Mo=    0.043(x1.e26 dyncm)  Mw=5.7  tau=  1.9     
nodal planes (strike/dip/slip):   39.54/ 10.47/-68.67     197.88/ 80.26/-93.84  
Centroid location :   49.301   156.263    92.023
Centroid time :      4.631
Variance reduction (%) :  15
 
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z-comp:     0    0    1    1    0    0    1    2    1    1    0    0            
r-comp:     0    0    1    0    0    0    1    2    2    1    0    0            
t-comp:     0    0    1    0    0    0    1    2    2    1    0    0            
Total number of traces used =  21  
number of runs = 9
starttime = Sun Aug 3 22:58:09 MDT 2008
endtime = Sun Aug 3 23:19:15 MDT 2008
inversion time = Sun Aug 3 23:19:09 MDT 2008 - Sun Aug 3 23:19:14 MDT 2008
Solution produced by inversion of all available channels