[rCMT] Mw=6.6 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

USGS research CMT researchcmt at geohazards.usgs.gov
Sun Feb 10 06:12:13 MST 2008


AUTOMATIC solution, not reviewed by a seismologist
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General region :  2008ngak SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS RE                         
surface waves  (3.0,3.5,7,7.5 mHz)
Stations used :  CASY LSZ LVC NNA OTAV RPN SUR TAU TSUM                                                             
Origin time: 2008   41  12  22   3
Original location (lat,lon,depth) :     -60.8000   -25.5000  10   
Moment tensor (x1.e26 dyncm) :
Mrr :     -0.669194 Mtt :      0.714400
Mff :     -0.045206 Mrt :     -0.820968
Mrf :     -0.352175 Mtf :      0.332529
T-axis:  moment=     1.254   plunge=    24.906  azimuth=   158.637    
N-axis:  moment=    -0.169   plunge=     1.810  azimuth=    67.796    
P-axis:  moment=    -1.085   plunge=    65.019  azimuth=   333.907    
best double couple: Mo=    1.169(x1.e26 dyncm)  Mw=6.6  tau=  5.8     
nodal planes (strike/dip/slip):   67.13/ 69.93/-91.93     252.73/ 20.16/-84.74  
Centroid location :  -60.650   -25.106    10.000
Centroid time :     -1.594
Variance reduction (%) :  54
 
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          0-   30-  60-  90-  120- 150- 180- 210- 240- 270- 300- 330-           
z-comp:     2    0    0    2    1    0    0    2    0    1    0    0            
r-comp:     1    0    0    1    0    0    0    2    1    1    0    0            
t-comp:     1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1    1    1    0    0            
Total number of traces used =  19  
number of runs = 4
starttime = Sun Feb 10 05:56:57 MST 2008
endtime = Sun Feb 10 06:12:07 MST 2008
inversion time = Sun Feb 10 06:11:37 MST 2008 - Sun Feb 10 06:12:05 MST 2008
Solution produced by inversion of channels with var red > 2%


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