Global CMT Catalog

Search criteria:

Start date: 2018/12/16   End date: 2018/12/16
-90 <=lat<= 90          -180 <=lon<= 180 
0 <=depth<= 1000         -9999 <=time shift<= 9999
0 <=mb<= 10        0<=Ms<= 10           0<=Mw<= 10
0 <=tension plunge<= 90         0 <=null plunge<= 90
Previous search examined first 51917 events in catalog

Results

Output in full format. All errors are from CMT inversion. If the error is zero, the value may have been fixed prior to inversion.

Event name: 201812161534A

Region name: VANUATU ISLANDS
Date (y/m/d): 2018/12/16

Information on data used in inversion 

Wave    nsta  nrec  cutoff
Body       0     0   0
Mantle   131   138   125
Surface    0     0   0

Timing and location information 

         hr  min   sec       lat     lon    depth   mb   Ms
SWEQ     15   34   8.00    -16.25   167.75   10.0  0.0  5.8
CMT      15   34   8.30    -16.26   167.99   12.0
Error              0.31      0.04     0.03    0.0
Assumed half duration:  1.7
Mechanism information 
Exponent for moment tensor:  24    units: dyne-cm
         Mrr     Mtt     Mpp     Mrt     Mrp     Mtp
CMT    -5.250   2.530   2.720   0.649   0.876  -0.315
Error   0.055   0.083   0.076   2.020   1.920   0.065

Mw = 5.7   Scalar Moment = 4.19e+24
Fault plane:  strike=320    dip=43   slip=-101
Fault plane:  strike=155    dip=48   slip=-80
Eigenvector:  eigenvalue:  2.97   plunge:  3   azimuth: 238
Eigenvector:  eigenvalue:  2.43   plunge:  8   azimuth: 328
Eigenvector:  eigenvalue: -5.40   plunge: 82   azimuth: 128

Event name: 201812161924A

Region name: VANUATU ISLANDS
Date (y/m/d): 2018/12/16

Information on data used in inversion 

Wave    nsta  nrec  cutoff
Body      32    35   40
Mantle     0     0   0
Surface  121   149   50

Timing and location information 

         hr  min   sec       lat     lon    depth   mb   Ms
SWEQ     19   24  32.00    -16.25   167.75   10.0  0.0  5.0
CMT      19   24  34.71    -16.17   168.10   22.8
Error              0.24      0.03     0.02    0.6
Assumed half duration:  0.8
Mechanism information 
Exponent for moment tensor:  23    units: dyne-cm
         Mrr     Mtt     Mpp     Mrt     Mrp     Mtp
CMT     5.140  -1.620  -3.520  -0.278   0.501   0.326
Error   0.210   0.130   0.148   0.241   0.239   0.093

Mw = 5.0   Scalar Moment = 4.39e+23
Fault plane:  strike=172    dip=41   slip=92
Fault plane:  strike=349    dip=49   slip=88
Eigenvector:  eigenvalue:  5.18   plunge: 86   azimuth: 236
Eigenvector:  eigenvalue: -1.57   plunge:  2   azimuth: 350
Eigenvector:  eigenvalue: -3.61   plunge:  4   azimuth:  80

End of events found with given criteria.

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