focal mechanism
Posted by chris in suburbia on December 22, 2003 at 18:55:24:

Don, thanks for posting this, but the depth and the focal mechanism are both unlikely, unless I'm making a mistake. If I understand what the "P" axis is, and this is the usual lower hemisphere plot, it implies left-lateral motion on the NW-SE plane-unlikely but not impossible. The depth seems unlikely also-too deep. Offshore there may be little control on the depth-and the nodal planes are only constrained on one side. But, with time they can do better.....This will be an interesting sequence. Chris