Magnitude 7.0 near Hector Mine

UC Berkeley Moment Tensor Solution

This is a preliminary UCB moment tensor solution for the event 32 miles N of Joshua Tree, CA (34.60N 116.27W, Z=6km; ML=7.0; CUBE) at 02:46:44UTC on October 16, 1999. A Mw7.0 was obtained from long period data recorded at KCC.

 
 Best Fitting Double-Couple:
    Mo = 4.01E+26 Dyne-cm
    Mw = 7.04
    Z  = 8 km (restrained)
    Plane   Strike   Rake   Dip
     NP1       75      20    85
     NP2      343     175    70
 Principal Axes:
    Axis    Value   Plunge   Azimuth
      T     4.010      17      301
      N     0.000      69       87
      P    -4.010      11      207

 Moment Tensor: Scale = 10**26 Dyne-cm
    Component   Value
       Mxx     -2.118
       Mxy     -3.175
       Mxz      1.228
       Myy      1.894
       Myz     -0.655
       Mzz      0.225
 
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              #####--------------              
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       ################-----------------       
      ##   #############-----------------      
     ### T ##############-----------------     
    ####   ###############-----------------    
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   ##################--------###############   
   ##########----------------###############   
    --------------------------#############    
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     -------------------------############     
      ------------------------###########      
       -----------------------##########       
         -----   -------------########         
           --- P -------------######           
                 -------------###              
                    -------                    
                                               
     Lower Hemisphere Equiangle Projection
 


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