Historic Earthquakes: Moment Tensor Solution
Magnitude 8.0 NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G.
2000 November 16 04:54:56 UTC
Dep 13 No. of sta: 27 Moment Tensor; Scale 10**20 Nm Mrr= 0.85 Mtt= 0.00 Mff=-0.85 Mrt=-2.50 Mrf= 1.78 Mtf= 0.77 Principal axes: T Val= 3.18 Plg=52 Azm=203 N 0.19 11 308 P -3.37 36 46 Best Double Couple:Mo=3.3*10**20 NP1:Strike=180 Dip=14 Slip= 143 NP2: 306 82 79
