• The *mat-file provides essentially the same information as the *fsp ascii-file, saved in a convenient and user-friendly MATLAB-structure. Type 'load evTAG.mat at the MATLAB-prompt (replace evTAG with the model name), and you will get a structural array of the corresponding model. The various structural fields are labeled in a self-explanatory manner; field-names in these structures are often similar to the parameters described for the *fsp-file format.
• An example for the 1992 Landers earthquake (model by Wald et al, 1993) is given below; for other events or rupture models, the details of the MATLAB-structure may vary, while only the initial parts are unchanged:

s1992LANDERwald =

a1: '================='
a2: 'EVENT PARAMETERS'
a3: '================='
event: 'Landers (Calif.)'
evDAT: '06/28/1992'
evTAG: 's1992LANDERwald'
evLON: -116.4300
evLAT: 34.2000
evDPT: 7
a4: '==========================='
a5: 'GENERAL SOURCE PARAMETERS'
a6: '==========================='
srcDimWL: [15 78]
srcMwMoS: [7.2778 9.2629e+019]
srcHypXZ: [11 7]
srcARake: 180
srcAStke: 330
srcDipAn: 89
srcZ2top: 0
srcAveVr: 2.7000
srcAveTr: 6
b1: '=========================='
b2: 'Single-plane SOURCE MODEL'
b3: '=========================='
slipSPL: [6x26 double]
i0: '====================='
i1: 'INVERSION PARAMETERS'
i2: '====================='
invSEGM: 3
invNoTW: 6
invNzNx: [6 26]
invDzDx: [2.5000 3]
invFreq: [0 0.5000]
invDtyp: {'SGM' 'TELE' 'TRIL' 'LEVEL' 'GPS' 'INSAR' 'SURF' 'OTHER'}
invNsta: [16 11 0 0 42 0 0 0]
invPmax: [63 73 999]
invRmin: [11.3000 35.7000 999]
invSVFc: 'triang'
invTwin: [6 1 0]
invVstr: [5x6 double]
invAUTH: 'Wald and Heaton(1994)'
s0: '=========================='
s1: 'FAULT SEGMENT INFORMATION'
s2: '=============================='
s3: 'Fault Segment # 1'
seg1SLIP: [6x10 double]
seg1AStke: 355
seg1DipAn: 90
seg1Z2top: 0
seg1DimWL: [15 30]
seg1cen: [34.2280 -116.4350]
seg1hypXZ: [11 7]
s4: '=============================='
s5: 'Fault Segment # 2'
seg2SLIP: [6x9 double]
seg2AStke: 334
seg2DipAn: 90
seg2Z2top: 0
seg2DimWL: [15 27]
seg2cen: [34.4150 -116.4800]
s6: '=============================='
s7: 'Fault Segment # 3'
seg3SLIP: [6x12 double]
seg3AStke: 320
seg3DipAn: 90
seg3Z2top: 0
seg3DimWL: [15 36]
seg3cen: [34.5720 -116.5900]
seghypo: 1
segcoord: 'latlon'
seg3slipTW1: [6x12 double]
seg3slipTW2: [6x12 double]
seg3slipTW3: [6x12 double]
seg3slipTW4: [6x12 double]
seg3slipTW5: [6x12 double]
seg3slipTW6: [6x12 double]
seg2slipTW1: [6x9 double]
seg2slipTW2: [6x9 double]
seg2slipTW3: [6x9 double]
seg2slipTW4: [6x9 double]
seg2slipTW5: [6x9 double]
seg2slipTW6: [6x9 double]
seg1slipTW1: [6x10 double]
seg1slipTW2: [6x10 double]
seg1slipTW3: [6x10 double]
seg1slipTW4: [6x10 double]
seg1slipTW5: [6x10 double]
seg1slipTW6: [6x10 double]
zz1: '======================='
zz2: 'ADDITIONAL INFORMATION'
zz3: '======================='
gg0: '========================='
gg1: ' Geometry Information '
gg2: 'X==EW Y==NS Z==pos-down'
gg3: '========================='
FEregion: 'Southern California, United States'
FEregionNo: '043'
seg1geoX: [6x10 double]
seg1geoY: [6x10 double]
seg1geoZ: [6x10 double]
seg1geoLAT: [6x10 double]
seg1geoLON: [6x10 double]
seg2geoX: [6x9 double]
seg2geoY: [6x9 double]
seg2geoZ: [6x9 double]
seg2geoLAT: [6x9 double]
seg2geoLON: [6x9 double]
seg3geoX: [6x12 double]
seg3geoY: [6x12 double]
seg3geoZ: [6x12 double]
seg3geoLAT: [6x12 double]
seg3geoLON: [6x12 double]
geoViewAng: 225
zz7: '================================='
zz8: '18-Jul-2007 PMM (mai@sed.ethz.ch)'
zz9: '================================='