Centroid Moment Tensor Solution from Harvard

June 23, 2001, NEAR COAST OF PERU, Mw=8.4

Meredith Nettles
Mike Antolik
Goran Ekstrom

CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME M062301A
DATA USED: GSN 
MANTLE WAVES:    46S,134C, T=200
CENTROID LOCATION:
ORIGIN TIME       20:34:20.2 0.1
LAT 17.21S 0.01;LON  73.02W 0.01
DEP  25.7 0.5;HALF-DURATION 41.5
MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**28 D-CM
  MRR= 2.11 0.01; MTT=-0.56 0.01
  MFF=-1.55 0.01; MRT= 2.21 0.10
  MRF=-3.77 0.12; MTF= 1.39 0.01
 PRINCIPAL AXES:
 1.(T) VAL=  4.75;PLG=59;AZM= 63
 2.(N)       0.40;     3;    329
 3.(P)      -5.15;    31;    237
BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=4.9*10**28
 NP1:STRIKE=318;DIP=14;SLIP=  79
 NP2:       149;    76;       93

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For comparison, below is a listing of magnitude 8.0 and larger earthquakes from
the CNSS catalog, 1960 to present:


Your search parameters are:

       catalog=CNSS 
       start_time=1960/01/01,00:00:00 
       end_time=2001/07/01,00:00:00 
       minimum_magnitude=8.0 
       maximum_magnitude=10 
       event_type=E 

Date       Time             Lat       Lon  Depth   Mag Magt  Nst Gap  Clo  RMS  SRC   Event ID
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1963/10/13 05:17:57.10  44.8000  149.5000  60.00  8.25   un   75          0.00  NEI 196310134006
1964/03/28 03:36:13.90  61.0500 -147.4800  23.00  8.50   l     0                AK              
1969/02/28 02:40:32.50  36.0080  -10.5730  22.00  8.00   Ms  188          0.00  NEI 196902284001
1971/01/10 07:17:03.70  -3.1320  139.6970  33.00  8.10   Ms  113          0.00  NEI 197101104006
1976/01/14 16:47:33.50 -28.4270 -177.6570  33.00  8.00   Ms   43          0.00  NEI 197601144010
1994/06/09 00:33:16.23 -13.8410  -67.5530 631.30  8.20   un  676          1.13  NEI 199406094002
1994/10/04 13:22:55.84  43.7730  147.3210  14.00  8.10   Ms  672          0.93  NEI 199410044031
1995/04/07 22:06:56.89 -15.1990 -173.5290  21.20  8.00   Ms  670          1.10  NEI 199504074040
1995/10/09 15:35:53.91  19.0550 -104.2050  33.00  8.00   Me  615          1.26  NEI 199510094032
1996/02/17 05:59:30.55  -0.8910  136.9520  33.00  8.20   Me  370          1.33  NEI 199602174017
1998/03/25 03:12:25.07 -62.8770  149.5270  10.00  8.10   Mw  418          1.10  NEI 199803252006
2000/11/16 04:54:56.74  -3.9800  152.1690  33.00  8.00   Me  254          1.20  NEI 200011162015
2001/06/23 20:33:14.23 -16.2240  -73.6040  33.00  8.10   Me  303          1.13  NEI 200106231023