Seismic moment tensor and focal mechanism for earthquake of February 22, 2024 in eastern Slovakia (12:54:15 UTC, 21.75E°E, 49.03°N, depth 9 km, ML3.0)

• Date: 2025
• Main Authors: Malytskyy, D.V., Fojtikova, L., Malek, J., Astashkina, O.A., Gnyp, A.R., Dobushovskyy, M.S., Pak, R.M., Melnyk, M.O., Nikulins, V.G., Ignatyshyn, V.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: S. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine 2025
• Subjects: focal mechanisms; waveform inversion; seismic moment tensor; direct waves; seismic stations; earthquakes
• Online Access: https://journals.uran.ua/geofizicheskiy/article/view/322470
• Journal Title: Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal

The accuracy of the focal mechanism solution can depend very significantly on the number of stations used, especially in the case of weak earthquakes and sparse networks. We describe the procedure for retrieving the seismic moment tensor for the earthquake of February 22, 2024, which happened in Ea...