Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     19 MAY 2012  (140)

     ot  = 12:21:52.63   +/-   1.10              SOUTH OF TONGA                  
     lat =     -25.284   +/-   12.9
     lon =    -175.792   +/-   13.9              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =        31.1   +/-    2.3   

     463 km (288 miles) S of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
     488 km (303 miles) NNE of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
     593 km (368 miles) SSE of Ndoi Island, Fiji
     1566 km (973 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   26 of  32    se = 0.54    FE=175                            A   

     error ellipse = (304.0,  3.0, 22.9;213.0,  9.0, 18.3; 52.0, 80.0,  1.4)

 mb = 4.8 (  1)  ML = 5.0 (  2)  mblg = 4.4 (  1)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 RAO  ePn     12:22:56.70  -0.3    4.4 205 L:4.0+0 1.3 5.1  g:7.5-1 .95 4.4  RAO 
 MSVF ePn     12:24:05.75  -0.8    9.4 321                                   MSVF
 AFI  ePn     12:24:36.74  -4.0X  11.9  19                                   AFI 
 DZM  ePn     12:25:44.58   1.6X  16.6 277 b:4.0+1 1.1 4.5                   DZM 
 CRLZ eP      12:26:28.19  -0.5   20.6 205 b:3.4+2 1.7 5.4                   CRLZ
 LHI  eP      12:26:53.36  -1.0X  22.9 249 b:6.5+1 1.2 5.0                   LHI 
 WHZ  eP      12:27:06.20  -1.6   24.4 208 b:7.4+1 1.6 5.0                   WHZ 
 AS31 eP      12:30:05.74  -4.5X  45.6 261 b:2.6+0 1.2 4.0                   AS31
 WB2  eP      12:30:14.20  -0.2   46.1 266 b:8.1+0 1.0 4.6                   WB2 
 SBA  eP      12:31:08.03   0.1   53.3 185 b:2.0+1 1.4 4.9                   SBA 
 VNDA eP      12:31:08.62   0.0   53.4 186 b:1.6+1 1.7 4.7                   VNDA
 SOEI eP      12:31:48.93   0.6   58.8 274 b:3.4+1 .90 5.5                   SOEI
 KSM  eP      12:33:38.41   0.5   76.1 278 b:1.1+1 .90 4.9                   KSM 
 SNAA eP      12:34:14.07  -1.4   83.2 178 b:1.0+1 1.3 4.8                   SNAA
 NV01 eP      12:34:15.43  -0.4   83.2  42                                   NV01
 PINE eP      12:34:26.17   0.3   85.2  37 b:1.1+1 1.1 4.9                   PINE
 X16A eP      12:34:26.24   0.3   85.1  49 b:5.5+0 1.1 4.7                   X16A
 U15A eP      12:34:29.35   0.3   85.7  47 b:5.1+0 1.2 4.6                   U15A
 TX31 eP      12:34:39.64  -0.1   87.9  56                                   TX31
      eP      12:34:39.91   0.1 
 TMUT eP      12:34:41.08   0.6   88.1  45 b:5.1+0 .90 4.8                   TMUT
 ANMO eP      12:34:43.97   0.0   88.8  50 b:3.3+0 .95 4.6                   ANMO
 BOZ  eP      12:34:56.04   0.0   91.5  39 b:1.8+1 1.7 5.2                   BOZ 
 YHH  eP      12:34:56.19   0.1X  91.4  40 b:5.5+0 1.3 4.8                   YHH 
 IL1  eP      12:34:58.75  -1.5   92.5  12                                   IL1 
      epP     12:35:05.64  depth =  -3.2X
 AK11 ePKPdf  12:41:32.07   0.2  148.2 329                                   AK11
 BR131ePKPbc  12:41:41.22  -2.5  151.5 307                                   BR13
      ePKPab  12:41:54.32   2.2 
 BUR04ePKPbc  12:41:44.75  -0.4  152.2 328                                   BUR0
 BUR08ePKPbc  12:41:45.96   0.9  152.2 328                                   BUR0
      ePKPab  12:41:56.61   1.8 



 Generated 2012 MAY 19 at 12:46 UTC

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