Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      2 NOV 2011  (306)

     ot  = 22:05:47.20   +/-   1.83              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -5.484   +/-   13.4
     lon =     151.910   +/-   18.2              MAGNITUDE 4.5 (GS)       
     dep =        64.7   +/-   16.1   

     145 km (90 miles) SSW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 3,000)
     168 km (104 miles) SW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG
     681 km (423 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2437 km (1514 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   14 of  14    se = 0.90    FE=192                            B   

     error ellipse = ( 98.0, 33.0, 31.8;337.0, 37.0, 24.5;215.0, 34.0, 14.3)

 mb = 4.5 (  9)  ML = 4.9 (  4)  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
 RABL ePn     22:06:09.19  -0.3    1.3  11 L:2.1+2 .60 5.7                   RABL
      eSn     22:06:29.49  S res =   3.3 
 PMG  ePn     22:07:14.86  -0.1    6.1 230 L:1.8-1 1.2 4.3                   PMG 
      eSn     22:08:16.35  S res =  -7.2 
 CTAO eP      22:09:24.86  -0.6   15.5 200 b:5.5+0 .70 3.8                   CTAO
 EIDS eP      22:10:12.46   0.1   19.8 182 b:1.9+1 .90 4.4                   EIDS
 DZM  eP      22:10:33.62   0.8   21.7 141 b:1.7+1 1.0 4.4                   DZM 
 MTN  eP      22:10:35.12   1.4   21.8 249 b:2.7+1 1.0 4.6                   MTN 
 WB2  eP      22:10:39.15  -0.5   22.3 228 b:2.0+1 1.0 4.5                   WB2 
 WRAB eP      22:10:39.72   0.2   22.3 228 b:1.3+1 .75 4.4                   WRAB
      eS      22:14:40.58  S res =  -0.7 
 AS31 eP      22:11:06.17   0.5   25.0 222 b:5.7+0 .60 4.2                   AS31
 MBWA eP      22:12:33.88   1.3   34.9 240 b:1.6+1 1.1 4.8                   MBWA
 CISI eP      22:13:45.82  -1.7   43.8 265 b:7.3+1 1.7 5.2                   CISI



 Generated 2011 NOV  2 at 22:21 UTC

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