Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 MAY 2012  (142)

     ot  = 08:39:34.26   +/-   1.60              TONGA REGION                    
     lat =     -23.308   +/-   13.6
     lon =    -175.648   +/-   15.7              MAGNITUDE 4.6 (GS)       
     dep =       165.0   +/-    9.8   

     245 km (152 miles) S of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
     431 km (268 miles) SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji
     544 km (338 miles) SSW of Neiafu, Tonga
     1762 km (1094 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   14 of  14    se = 0.79    FE=174                            A   

     error ellipse = (306.0,  4.0, 27.7; 36.0,  2.0, 16.5;160.0, 84.0, 14.8)

 mb = 4.6 (  9)  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     08:41:32.30   3.4    8.1 312                                   MSVF
 AFI  ePn     08:41:58.16   3.4   10.0  22                                   AFI 
 RAR  ePn     08:42:49.26  -6.9   14.8  85                                   RAR 
 DZM  eP      08:43:17.20   0.2   16.6 271 b:2.7+1 .90 4.6                   DZM 
 AS01 eP      08:47:40.85  -0.8   46.0 259                                   AS01
 AS31 eP      08:47:42.23   0.3   46.1 259 b:2.1+0 1.1 3.6                   AS31
 WB2  eP      08:47:44.68   0.0   46.4 264 b:3.9+1 1.9 4.6                   WB2 
      eP      08:47:44.70   0.0 
 MLOA eP      08:47:48.52   0.0   46.9  26 b:2.3+2 1.5 5.5                   MLOA
 VNDA eP      08:48:53.47   3.1   55.3 186 b:4.1+1 .60 5.4                   VNDA
 QSPA eP      08:50:06.37  -1.4   66.8 180 b:1.7+1 1.2 4.7                   QSPA
 MAW  eP      08:51:22.70  -0.3   79.7 199 b:3.0+0 1.4 3.8                   MAW 
 SNAA eP      08:51:51.34  -0.2   85.1 178 b:8.9+0 1.2 4.4                   SNAA
 TMUT eP      08:52:00.28   1.0   86.6  45 b:6.8+0 .86 4.5                   TMUT



 Generated 2012 MAY 21 at 09:09 UTC

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