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Added by Charlie Groves, last edited by Philip Crotwell on Apr 03, 2006  (view change)
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From USGS Sample Fast Moment Tensor

 94/06/09 00:33:16.4               |  Date and origin time (UTC)
 NORTHERN BOLIVIA                  |  Geographic region
 Epicenter: -13.834  -67.563       |  Epicenter: Latitude Longitude
 Mw 8.2                            |  Moment magnitude
                                   |  
 USGS MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION       |  Depth (in kilometers) from moment tensor 
 Depth 632         No. of sta: 13  |     inversion and number of stations used
 Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**21 Nm  |  
   Mrr=-1.00       Mtt= 0.92       |  Elements of the moment tensor in r,
   Mff= 0.09       Mrt=-1.69       |     theta, phi coordinate system
   Mrf=-0.09       Mtf=-0.37       |     * "Scale"
  Principal axes:                  |  Moment tensor decomposed into its
   T  Val=  1.94  Plg=29  Azm=190  |     principal axis system.  "Val" are
   N        0.08      10       94  |     the eigenvalues, and "Plg" and "Azm"
   P       -2.02      59      346  |     are the orientations of the
                                   |     eigenvectors.  "T" and "P" are the
                                   |     tensional and compressional axes.
 Best Double Couple:Mo=2.0*10**21  |  Scalar moment
  NP1:Strike=308 Dip=18 Slip= -55  |  Nodal planes: all double couples can be
  NP2:        91     75      -101  |     represented by two orthogonal nodal
                                   |     planes; which is the actual fault plane
                                   |     must be inferred from other data and/or
                                   |     assumptions.

Origin Object

Field Name Type USGS field
location.depth Quantity Depth

Other parts of the location are copied from the NEIC location.

MomentTensor Object

Field Name Type USGS field
halfDuration TimeInterval  
scalarMoment Quantity  
scalarMomentError Quantity Mo
mrr double mrr
mrrError double  
mtt double mtt
mttError double  
mpp double mff
mppError double  
mrt double mrt
mrtError double  
mrp double mrf
mrpError double  
mtp double mtf
mtpError double  
T PrincipalAxis T val plg azm
N PrincipalAxis N val plg azm
P PrincipalAxis P val plg azm
planeA FaultModel NP1 strike, dip and slip
planeB FaultModel NP2 strike, dip, and slip

PrincipalAxis Object

Field Name Type USGS field
eigenValue double val p t or n
plunge double plg p t or n
azimuth double azm p t or n

FaultModel Object

Field Name Type USGS field
strike double strike 1 or 2
dip double dip 1 or 2
slip double slip 1 or 2

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