Location

Location ANSS

The ANSS event ID is usp0007nvk and the event page is at https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0007nvk/executive.

1996/08/21 07:54:14 44.184 -71.352 10 3.44 New Hampshire

Focal Mechanism

USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution ENS 1996/08/21 07:54:14:0 44.184 -71.352 10.0 3.4 New Hampshire Stations used: Filtering commands used: Best Fitting Double Couple Mo = 1.82e+21 dyne-cm Mw = 3.44 Z = 7 km Plane Strike Dip Rake NP1 144 60 93 NP2 318 30 85 Principal Axes: Axis Value Plunge Azimuth T 1.82e+21 75 62 N 0.00e+00 3 322 P -1.82e+21 15 232 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm) Component Value Mxx -6.22e+20 Mxy -7.74e+20 Mxz 4.96e+20 Myy -9.52e+20 Myz 7.63e+20 Mzz 1.57e+21 -------------- ---------------------- #-###############----------- --###################--------- ----######################-------- ------#######################------- -------########################------- --------#########################------- ---------############## ########------ -----------############# T #########------ ------------############ ##########----- -------------########################----- --------------########################---- --------------#######################--- ---------------######################--- --- ----------####################-- -- P ------------#################-- - --------------###############- -------------------########### ----------------------###### ---------------------- -------------- Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor: R T P 1.57e+21 4.96e+20 -7.63e+20 4.96e+20 -6.22e+20 7.74e+20 -7.63e+20 7.74e+20 -9.52e+20 Details of the solution is found at http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.NA/19960821075414/index.html

Preferred Solution

The preferred solution from an analysis of the surface-wave spectral amplitude radiation pattern, waveform inversion or first motion observations is

      STK = 144
      DIP = 60
     RAKE = 93
       MW = 3.44
       HS = 7

The NDK file is 19960821075414.ndk

Context

The left panel of the next figure presents the focal mechanism for this earthquake (red) in the context of other nearby events (blue) in the SLU Moment Tensor Catalog. The right panel shows the inferred direction of maximum compressive stress and the type of faulting (green is strike-slip, red is normal, blue is thrust; oblique is shown by a combination of colors). Thus context plot is useful for assessing the appropriateness of the moment tensor of this event.

Reference

Older earthquake were studied using analog seismograms, which were digitized and analyzed. The original data are not longer available. However focal mechanism solutions based on the waveforms are given in published literature. At the same time, a given earthquake may have been analyzed independently, and the reference is given here.

For this earthquake the source reference is the following:

Du, Wen-xuan; Kim, Won-Young; Sykes, Lynn R. (2003). Earthquake Source Parameters and State of Stress for the Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada from Analysis of Regional Seismograms, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93, 1633 - 1648.

Velocity Model

The DU model used for the waveform synthetic seismograms and for the surface wave eigenfunctions and dispersion is as follows (The format is in the model96 format of Computer Programs in Seismology).

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