Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 OCT 2011  (294)

     ot  = 14:56:05.33   +/-   1.25              TONGA                           
     lat =     -21.107   +/-   29.3
     lon =    -175.602   +/-   33.8              MAGNITUDE 4.9 (GS)       
     dep =       191.6   +/-   26.7   

     42 km (26 miles) W of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga (pop 37,000)
     320 km (199 miles) SSW of Neiafu, Tonga
     326 km (203 miles) E of Ndoi Island, Fiji
     1980 km (1229 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   17 of  17    se = 0.62    FE=173                            B   

     error ellipse = ( 54.0, 32.0, 71.0;149.0,  8.0, 33.1;253.0, 56.0, 16.8)

 mb = 4.9 ( 11)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  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
 MSVF ePn     14:57:42.44  -1.3    6.9 298                                   MSVF
 DZM  eP      14:59:50.28   2.3   16.7 263 b:5.3+1 1.0 4.9                   DZM 
 URZ  eP      14:59:59.48  -4.5   18.2 199 b:2.2+1 .48 4.8                   URZ 
 THZ  eP      15:00:48.75  -2.5   22.8 203 b:2.3+1 .76 4.8                   THZ 
 LTZ  eP      15:01:01.62   0.2   23.9 202 b:2.9+1 .72 5.0                   LTZ 
 OXZ  eP      15:01:04.17  -2.3   24.4 202 b:4.1+1 .60 5.2                   OXZ 
 RPZ  eP      15:01:13.12   0.4   25.1 203 b:2.3+1 .78 4.9                   RPZ 
 FOZ  eP      15:01:16.47   0.9   25.5 205 b:4.3+1 .62 5.3                   FOZ 
 WHZ  eP      15:01:41.06   1.4   28.2 205 b:1.6+1 .68 4.9                   WHZ 
 ARMA eP      15:02:03.74   0.0   30.8 246 b:3.4+1 1.5 4.8                   ARMA
 PMG  eP      15:03:02.18  -0.2   37.7 282 b:4.2+1 .90 5.1                   PMG 
 STKA eP      15:03:18.10   0.2   39.6 245 b:1.8+0 .60 3.8                   STKA
 AS31 eP      15:04:13.72  -0.6   46.6 257                                   AS31
 WRAB eP      15:04:15.08  -0.4   46.7 262                                   WRAB
 WB2  eP      15:04:15.55   0.0   46.7 262                                   WB2 
 FORT eP      15:04:48.79   0.0   51.1 247                                   FORT
 MTN  eP      15:04:50.92  -0.2   51.4 270                                   MTN 



 Generated 2011 OCT 21 at 15:10 UTC

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