M 6.3 - 42 km ENE of Jurm, Afghanistan

Slight damage (VI) at Khorog. Felt (V) at Ishkashim, Kulyab, Garm, Nurek, Dushanbe and Obigarm; (IV) at Pyandzh; (III) at Andizhan, Fergana, Tashkent, Namangan and Leninabad, USSR. Felt (IV) at Kabul, Afghanistan. Also felt at Islamabad, Peshawar and Rawalpindi, Pakistan and in the Srinagar area, Kashmir. Depth from broadband displacement seismograms. FAULT PLANE SOLUTION: P-Waves NP1:Strike=235 Dip=55 Slip=70 NP2:Strike=87 Dip=40 Slip=116 Principal Axes: (T) Plg=72 Azm=94 (P) Plg=8 Azm=339 Comment: The focal mechanism is moderately well controlled and corresponds to reverse faulting with a moderate strike-slip component. The preferred fault plane is NP1. RADIATED ENERGY No. of sta: 5 Focal mech. M Energy 5.9+2.5*10**13 Nm MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION Dep 120 No. of sta: 12 Moment Tensor; Scale 10**18 Nm Mrr=2.25 Mtt=-3.05 Mff=0.79 Mrt=-0.48 Mrf=-0.65 Mtf=0.21 Principal axes: (T) Val=2.55 Plg=68 Azm=105 (N) Val=0.54 Plg=21 Azm=270 (P) Val=-3.09 Plg=5 Azm=2 Best Double Couple:Mo=2.8*10**18 NP1:Strike=114 Dip=44 Slip=121 NP2:Strike=254 Dip=53 Slip=64 CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR (HRV) Data Used: GDSN L.P.B.: 12S, 32C M.W.: 12S, 18C Centroid Location: Origin Time 05:16:53.5 0.2 Lat 36.56N 0.02 Lon 70.84E 0.03 Dep 113.5 1.1 Half-duration 4.9 Moment Tensor; Scale 10**18 Nm Mrr=1.75 0.05 Mtt=-2.94 0.07 Mff=1.19 0.08 Mrt=-0.70 0.04 Mrf=-1.09 0.05 Mtf=-0.05 0.08 Principal Axes: (T) Val=2.65 Plg=53 Azm=99 (N) Val=0.41 Plg=36 Azm=260 (P) Val=-3.05 Plg=9 Azm=357 Best Double Couple:Mo=2.8*10**18 NP1:Strike=121 Dip=48 Slip=142 NP2:Strike=239 Dip=63 Slip=49