Seismic Moment Tensor

Currently the best way to represent the source of an earthquake. It contains information about the size of the earthquake as well as the geometric parameters of the responsible fault.   More information

Evid Date Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Prof. centroid Mw Location
es2023rqofz 08/09/2023 22:11:00 31.2044 -8.7582 18 6.8 MOROCCO

Components of the deviatory SMT (null isotropic part) - (10^20 din cm)
M0 mzz mxx myy mxz myz mxy
14.00E25 1187000.0 -1360000.0 173000.0 -205000.0 494000.0 -177000.0

SMT decomposition Double couple percentage: 97 Dipole Percentage: 3

Double couple: Plane A es2023rqofz-bola.jpg Double couple: Plane B
Strike (º): 118 Strike (º): 255
Dip (º): 46 Dip (º): 53
Rake (º): 122 Rake (º): 61

Adjustment quality
Variance reduction [0-100]:90
SMT automatic calculation detail

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