Historic Earthquakes: Moment Tensor Solution
Magnitude 7.8 NEW BRITIAN REGION, P.N.G.
2000 November 17 21:01:56 UTC
Dep 37 No. of sta: 42 Moment Tensor; Scale 10**20 Nm Mrr= 1.25 Mtt=-1.20 Mff=-0.05 Mrt= 0.63 Mrf=-0.05 Mtf= 0.19 Principal axes: T Val= 1.40 Plg=76 Azm= 1 N -0.02 2 98 P -1.38 13 189 Best Double Couple:Mo=1.4*10**20 NP1:Strike=281 Dip=32 Slip= 94 NP2: 97 58 88
