M 6.7 - 140 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea

Damage to communication lines. Felt (III) on Manam. [FS]. FAULT PLANE SOLUTION: P-WAVES NP1:STRIKE=115;DIP=52;SLIP=90 NP2:STRIKE=295;DIP=38;SLIP=90 PRINCIPAL AXES: (T) PLG=83; AZM=25 (P) PLG=7; AZM=205 COMMENT: Moderately well controlled reverse fault type mechanism. NP to be designated as the fault plane not determined. MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION NO OF STA 9 SCALE 10**26 D-CM PRINCIPAL AXES: (T) VAL=1.15; PLG=75; AZM=52 (N) VAL=-0.01; PLG=10; AZM=282 (P) VAL=-1.14; PLG=11; AZM=190 BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:Mo=1.1*10**26 NP1:STRIKE=268;DIP=35;SLIP=73 NP2:STRIKE=108;DIP=57;SLIP=101 CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME C011683B DATA USED: GDSN L.P. BODY WAVES: 19S, 52C, T=45 MANTLE WAVES: 12S, 30C, T=135 CENTROID LOCATION: ORIGIN TIME 22:10:18.4 0.2 LAT 5.37S 0.02;LON 147.07E 0.03 DEP 229.6 1.4;HALF-DURATION 7.5 MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**25 D-CM MRR=7.36 0.13; MTT=-5.90 0.15 MFF=-1.45 0.19; MRT=3.67 0.11 MRF=-1.77 0.13; MTF=2.47 0.13 PRINCIPAL AXES: 1.(T) VAL=8.43;PLG=75;AZM=27 2.(N) -0.36; 1; 294 3.(P) -8.08; 15; 204 BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=8.3*10**25 NP1:STRIKE=293;DIP=30;SLIP=89 NP2:Strike=115;Dip=60;Slip=91