USGS Energy and Broadband Solution

SEA OF OKHOTSK
12/08/14 02:59:42 UTC
Epicenter: 49.78N 145.13E

  Me   7.6                                                             
Broadband Source Parameters:
 BROADBAND FAULT PLANE SOLUTION: 
 NP1:Strike=230 Dip=65 Slip= 115
 NP2:         2     35        48
 Principal Axes:
  T              Plg=62  Azm=179
  P                  16      302
 RADIATED ENERGY                                                      
  No. of sta: 25  Focal mech.  F                                      
  Energy       4.8+0.8*10**15 Nm                                      
 COMMENT: Complex earthquake
  observed on broadband
  displacement seismograms,
  with at least one larger
  event occurring about 8
  seconds after the onset.
  Focal mechanism based on
  larger event.

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