Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     20 MAY 2012  (141)

     ot  = 21:15:18.35   +/-   2.54              VANUATU                         
     lat =     -19.052   +/-   11.4
     lon =     169.392   +/-    7.0              MAGNITUDE 5.0 (GS)       
     dep =        47.6   +/-    6.7   

     57 km (35 miles) NNE of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu (pop 700)
     185 km (115 miles) SE of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
     318 km (198 miles) NNE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
     1915 km (1189 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   47 of  47    se = 1.25    FE=186                            A   

     error ellipse = (151.0,  8.0, 19.8; 28.0, 73.0, 10.0;243.0, 13.0,  5.4)

 mb = 5.0 ( 27)  ML = 4.4 (  2)  mblg = 4.1 (  1)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 DZM  ePn     21:16:17.99  -0.4    4.1 222 L:9.4-1 .70 4.4  g:4.2-1 1.1 4.1  DZM 
      eSn     21:17:05.09  S res =   0.1 
 MSVF ePn     21:17:16.44  -0.1    8.3  82                                   MSVF
 OUZ  ePn     21:19:06.83  -0.1   16.5 168 b:3.1+1 .94 4.4                   OUZ 
 EIDS eP      21:19:25.22  -0.8   18.1 246 b:1.3+2 1.7 4.8                   EIDS
 ARMA eP      21:19:41.12  -2.6   19.7 232 b:6.6+1 1.3 4.8                   ARMA
 URZ  eP      21:19:49.19  -0.9   20.3 162 b:1.7+2 1.8 5.1                   URZ 
 BKZ  eP      21:19:57.51   0.0   21.0 164 b:5.1+1 1.5 4.6                   BKZ 
 CTAO eP      21:20:08.99   2.1   21.8 263 b:6.4+1 1.5 4.8                   CTAO
 PMG  eP      21:20:24.39  -0.4   23.6 291 b:1.0+2 1.3 5.2                   PMG 
 OXZ  eP      21:20:32.12   0.8   24.3 175 b:3.0+1 .70 4.9                   OXZ 
 CAN  eP      21:20:34.36   3.4   24.3 224 b:1.5+1 1.0 4.5                   CAN 
 STKA eP      21:21:07.42   1.9   28.1 238 b:1.1+1 1.8 4.2                   STKA
 BBOO eP      21:21:47.85   0.5   32.8 239 b:1.4+1 .90 4.8                   BBOO
 WB2  eP      21:21:48.90  -0.4   33.0 263                                   WB2 
 AS31 eP      21:21:52.20   0.3   33.3 256 b:4.1+0 .65 4.4                   AS31
 MTN  eP      21:22:24.83  -0.9   37.3 274 b:2.8+1 1.0 5.1                   MTN 
 FITZ eP      21:23:01.58   1.2   41.4 264 b:2.4+1 .80 5.0                   FITZ
 MBWA eP      21:23:41.20  -0.3   46.5 259 b:2.4+1 .95 5.1                   MBWA
 NWAO eP      21:23:56.88   0.8   48.4 243 b:3.4+1 1.1 5.3                   NWAO
 VNDA eP      21:25:10.62   0.5   58.6 182 b:2.4+1 1.6 5.1                   VNDA
 SBA  eP      21:25:13.32   1.7   58.8 181 b:4.0+1 1.0 5.5                   SBA 
 JHJ2 eP      21:25:13.73   0.0   59.1 331 b:2.4+3 1.8 7.0                   JHJ2
 CASY eP      21:25:23.07   0.9   60.3 204 b:3.4+1 1.5 5.2                   CASY
 CISI eP      21:25:24.19  -1.6   60.7 272 b:8.3+1 1.2 5.7                   CISI
 PETK eP      21:26:41.82   1.6   72.6 353                                   PETK
 PEA0BeP      21:26:43.55   3.3   72.6 353 b:5.2+1 1.5 5.3                   PEA0
 CM01 eP      21:27:15.79   0.6   78.5 294                                   CM01
 MAW  eP      21:27:16.51   1.5   78.7 202 b:3.6+0 1.1 4.3                   MAW 
 BILL eP      21:27:58.33   0.9   86.9 359 b:3.7+1 1.4 5.4                   BILL
 BEKR eP      21:27:59.05  -3.6   87.8  47 b:9.9+0 1.2 4.9                   BEKR
 SONA1eP      21:27:59.59   0.1   87.2 323                                   SONA
 SNAA eP      21:28:07.78  -1.7   89.4 182 b:3.3+1 1.9 5.3                   SNAA
 IL1  eP      21:28:10.19  -2.1   90.0  17                                   IL1 
 X16A eP      21:28:25.25   2.5   92.0  54 b:9.5+0 1.7 4.9                   X16A
 GEA0 ePKPdf  21:34:47.22  -2.2  144.4 332                                   GEA0
 GEC2 ePKPdf  21:34:47.86  -1.5  144.4 332                                   GEC2
 KHC  ePKPdf  21:34:47.96  -1.1  144.2 332                                   KHC 
 LIT  ePKPdf  21:34:48.73  -1.4  144.7 313                                   LIT 
 GRFO ePKPdf  21:34:49.96   0.0  144.8 335                                   GRFO
 FNA  ePKPbc  21:34:50.38   0.0  145.1 315                                   FNA 
 AGG  ePKPbc  21:34:50.84  -0.1  145.3 312                                   AGG 
 TTG  ePKPdf  21:34:51.43  -0.1  145.6 319                                   TTG 
 BLY  ePKPdf  21:34:52.09   0.8  145.5 324                                   BLY 
 ITM  ePKPdf  21:34:54.66   1.7  146.3 309                                   ITM 
 BFO  ePKPdf  21:34:56.24   2.5  147.0 336                                   BFO 
 TUE  ePKPbc  21:34:59.12   0.0  148.1 333                                   TUE 



 Generated 2012 MAY 20 at 21:39 UTC

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