Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      9 MAY 2012  (130)

     ot  = 15:37:56.76   +/-   1.80              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -4.345   +/-   10.2
     lon =     152.813   +/-   12.0              MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)       
     dep =        53.4   +/-    7.4   

     28 km (17 miles) WNW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG (pop N/A)
     72 km (45 miles) ESE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 3,000)
     839 km (521 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2560 km (1590 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   30 of  30    se = 0.89    FE=192                            A   

     error ellipse = ( 91.0,  3.0, 18.5;  0.0, 10.0, 15.8;198.0, 78.0, 11.1)

 mb = 4.7 ( 17)  ML = 4.8 (  8)  mblg = 0.0 (  0)  md = 4.4 (  1)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 RABL ePn     15:38:10.06  -0.2    0.7 283 d:3.2+2     4.4  L:1.6+2 .70 5.2  RABL
 MANU ePn     15:39:25.05   3.4    5.9 293 L:1.9-1 2.0 4.2                   MANU
 PMG  ePn     15:39:46.33   2.3    7.5 228 L:1.7-1 1.1 4.7                   PMG 
 HNR  ePn     15:39:59.30  -0.8    8.7 126 L:4.0-1 .80 5.3                   HNR 
 PATS ePn     15:40:48.17  -2.4   12.4  26                                   PATS
 COEN ePn     15:41:04.75  -0.6   13.5 224                                   COEN
 EIDS eP      15:42:36.59   1.1   21.0 184 b:2.2+1 .90 4.5                   EIDS
 DZM  eP      15:42:46.46  -0.5   22.0 144 b:2.8+1 .90 4.7                   DZM 
 MTN  eP      15:42:56.59  -0.9   23.0 247 b:3.7+1 1.2 4.7                   MTN 
 WB2  eP      15:43:03.44  -1.0   23.8 228                                   WB2 
      eP      15:43:04.79   0.4 
      eS      15:47:16.73  S res =   0.6 
 WRAB eP      15:43:04.55   0.3   23.7 228 b:8.2+1 .70 5.3                   WRAB
      eS      15:47:16.51  S res =   0.6 
 ARMA eP      15:43:25.20   0.7   26.0 182 b:1.4+1 .85 4.5                   ARMA
 AS01 eP      15:43:29.28   0.2   26.5 222                                   AS01
 AS31 eP      15:43:29.69   0.3   26.5 222 b:5.0+0 .85 4.1                   AS31
 STKA eP      15:43:54.53  -0.1   29.3 200 b:1.9+0 .85 3.8                   STKA
 FITZ eP      15:43:59.24  -0.4   29.9 241 b:1.7+1 .80 4.8                   FITZ
 CAN  eP      15:44:10.25   0.7   31.0 186 b:2.1+1 1.2 4.8                   CAN 
 FORT eP      15:44:44.69  -0.8   35.1 219 b:5.3+2 1.0 6.4                   FORT
 MBWA eP      15:44:53.27  -1.5   36.2 240 b:1.8+1 .70 5.1                   MBWA
 RPZ  eP      15:45:45.78  -0.2   42.4 160 b:1.9+1 .92 4.8                   RPZ 
 MA2  eP      15:48:23.03   0.3   63.7 359 b:5.7+0 1.0 4.6                   MA2 
 SONA1eP      15:48:39.37   1.8   66.0 328                                   SONA
 VNDA eP      15:49:22.57   0.6   73.3 178 b:2.9+0 .85 4.2                   VNDA
 MLY  eP      15:50:02.45  -0.2   80.5  21 b:2.9+0 .84 4.2                   MLY 
 QSPA eP      15:50:27.62  -1.8   85.6 180 b:5.5+0 .90 4.7                   QSPA
 TOA0 ePKPbc  15:57:42.51  -0.4  150.2 289                                   TOA0
      ePKPbc  15:57:42.98   0.1 



 Generated 2012 MAY  9 at 17:14 UTC

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