Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters 


     30 OCT 2010  (303)

     ot  = 07:49:58.59   +/-   1.54              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -5.298   +/-   12.9
     lon =     152.239   +/-   20.0              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =        63.3   +/-   10.3   

     120 km (75 miles) S of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 3,000)
     125 km (80 miles) SW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG (pop N/A)
     720 km (450 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2460 km (1530 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   27 of  27    se = 0.76    FE=192                            A   

     error ellipse = (108.0,  9.0, 32.1;199.0,  7.0, 18.2;326.0, 78.0, 14.8)

 mb = 4.8 ( 19)  ML = 4.2 (  8)  mblg = 0.0 (  0)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 MANU ePn     07:51:27.19   4.5    5.8 303 L:8.0-2 .30 3.9                   MANU
 PMG  ePn     07:51:30.38  -1.1    6.5 231 L:9.0-2 .88 4.1                   PMG 
 CTAO ePn     07:53:39.41   2.0   15.8 201 b:1.0+1 .90 4.0                   CTAO
 EIDS eP      07:54:26.57   0.6   20.0 183 b:2.1+1 1.0 4.4                   EIDS
 MTN  eP      07:54:50.02   0.8   22.1 249 b:1.7+1 .85 4.5                   MTN 
 WRAB eP      07:54:54.66  -0.2   22.7 229 b:1.4+1 .55 4.6                   WRAB
 ARMA eP      07:55:16.58  -0.1   25.0 181 b:1.2+2 2.3 5.0                   ARMA
 AS01 eP      07:55:19.99  -0.2   25.4 222                                   AS01
 FITZ eP      07:55:51.02  -1.0   28.9 242 b:1.0+1 1.2 4.3                   FITZ
 CAST eP      08:02:01.82   0.0   80.2  22 b:8.2+0 .92 4.7                   CAST
 MK01 eP      08:02:02.47  -0.5   80.3 319                                   MK01
 MKAR eP      08:02:03.50   0.4   80.3 319                                   MKAR
 MAKZ eP      08:02:03.82  -0.3   80.5 319                                   MAKZ
 SML  eP      08:02:05.77   0.5   80.8  25 b:1.7+1 .84 5.0                   SML 
 RND  eP      08:02:08.10  -0.3   81.4  23 b:1.0+1 .84 4.8                   RND 
 MCK  eP      08:02:08.59  -0.5   81.5  23 b:1.8+1 .96 5.0                   MCK 
 SCM  eP      08:02:08.62   1.0   81.2  25 b:1.5+2 2.3 5.5                   SCM 
 MLY  eP      08:02:09.58   0.4   81.6  21 b:8.6+0 .68 4.8                   MLY 
 KLU  eP      08:02:10.76   0.9   81.7  25 b:1.3+2 2.4 5.5                   KLU 
 WRH  eP      08:02:12.52  -0.1   82.2  22 b:1.6+1 1.2 4.9                   WRH 
 CCB  eP      08:02:13.06  -0.6   82.4  22 b:6.9+0 .92 4.7                   CCB 
 COLA eP      08:02:13.64  -0.5   82.5  22 b:1.3+1 .95 4.9                   COLA
 IL1  eP      08:02:14.40  -1.4   82.8  22                                   IL1 
 COLD eP      08:02:17.22   1.1   82.9  19 b:1.1+1 1.2 4.7                   COLD
 DOT  eP      08:02:19.23   0.4   83.4  24 b:2.2+1 .92 5.2                   DOT 
 EGAK eP      08:02:27.87   0.9   85.0  23 b:8.2+1 2.4 5.4                   EGAK
 INK  eP      08:02:47.22   0.6   89.1  21                                   INK 



 Generated 2010 OCT 30 at 08:09 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver