Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      9 MAY 2011  (129)

     ot  = 15:04:22.63   +/-   0.58              SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND     
     lat =     -43.588   +/-    5.5
     lon =     172.495   +/-    5.2              MAGNITUDE 5.0 (RMT)      
     dep =        16.5   +/-    4.3   

     14 km (9 miles) WSW of Christchurch, New Zealand (pop 367,000)
     217 km (135 miles) SSE of Westport, New Zealand
     300 km (186 miles) NNE of Dunedin, New Zealand
     316 km (196 miles) SW of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
 
     MW 5.0 (RMT). Felt (V) at Christchurch.

     nph =   33 of  33    se = 1.18    FE=162                            A   

     error ellipse = (138.2,  8.8, 10.2; 23.6, 69.5,  6.5;231.1, 18.3,  5.6)

 mb = 4.7 (  7)  ML = 5.0 ( 17)  mblg = 4.5 ( 13)  md = 5.0 (  1)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 CRLZ ePg     15:04:26.93   0.9    0.1  83 L:1.0+2 .34 3.4X                  CRLZ
 MQZ  ePg     15:04:27.91   1.0    0.2 137 L:8.5+1 .57 3.4X                  MQZ 
 OXZ  ePg     15:04:30.53  -0.7    0.4 308 L:4.1+2 .76 5.1                   OXZ 
 LTZ  ePg     15:04:38.91   0.3    0.8 348 L:1.0+2 1.1 5.0  g:8.0+0 .76 4.7  LTZ 
 RPZ  ePg     15:04:41.92  -1.1    1.1 262 L:5.8+1 .62 4.8  g:2.7+1 .71 5.3  RPZ 
 KHZ  ePn     15:04:47.29  -0.1    1.4  34 L:1.1+1 .85 4.3  g:3.8+0 1.1 4.4  KHZ 
 THZ  ePn     15:04:53.37  -0.3    1.8  10 L:1.2+1 .86 4.6  g:3.1+0 .86 4.6  THZ 
 ODZ  ePn     15:04:54.86  -0.4    2.0 222 L:2.9+1 .69 5.1                   ODZ 
 FOZ  ePn     15:04:55.61  -0.6    2.0 270 L:1.7+1 .77 4.9  g:6.9+0 .85 4.9  FOZ 
 LBZ  ePn     15:04:56.56   2.9    1.8 244 d:3.6+2     5.0  L:4.2+1 .48 5.1  LBZ 
                                           g:7.0+0 .86 4.9 
 SNZO ePn     15:05:06.42  -0.3    2.8  36 L:3.3+0 .69 4.6  g:1.1+0 .85 4.3  SNZO
 WKZ  ePn     15:05:06.50  -0.1    2.8 242 L:1.9+1 .60 5.3                   WKZ 
 MLZ  ePn     15:05:16.60  -0.6    3.6 239 L:9.9+0 .85 5.4  g:1.9+0 .73 4.7  MLZ 
 WHZ  ePn     15:05:20.90  -2.0    4.0 233 L:7.2+0 1.5 5.4  g:1.6+0 1.1 4.4  WHZ 
 BFZ  ePn     15:05:22.48  -1.1    4.0  45 L:1.2+0 1.2 4.7  g:3.2-1 .82 3.9  BFZ 
 DCZ  ePn     15:05:25.67  -1.1    4.3 242 L:5.7+0 .68 5.4  g:1.4+0 .70 4.6  DCZ 
 PYZ  ePn     15:05:33.74  -1.4    4.9 236 L:5.6+0 .73 5.6                   PYZ 
 BKZ  ePn     15:05:41.14  -0.5    5.3  36 L:9.4-1 2.1 4.9  g:1.9-1 .81 3.9  BKZ 
 HIZ  ePn     15:05:41.92  -0.1    5.4  20 L:1.9+0 .75 5.2                   HIZ 
 URZ  ePn     15:05:54.22  -1.5    6.4  35 L:3.7-1 3.5 4.7X                  URZ 
 MXZ  ePn     15:06:09.62  -1.2    7.5  38 L:3.1-1 2.0 4.8X g:1.2-1 1.0 3.8  MXZ 
 OUZ  ePn     15:06:25.10   1.5    8.4   6 L:1.6-1 4.9 4.7X                  OUZ 
 STKA eP      15:10:03.86   0.8   26.9 285 b:1.7+0 .85 3.7                   STKA
 AS01 eP      15:11:34.45   0.3   37.3 290                                   AS01
 AS31 eP      15:11:34.52   0.1   37.3 289 b:4.5+0 .85 4.3                   AS31
 WRAB eP      15:11:53.12  -0.2   39.6 294 b:1.3+1 .60 4.8                   WRAB
 WB2  eP      15:11:53.85   0.6   39.6 294 b:1.7+1 .80 4.8                   WB2 
 FITZ eP      15:12:52.14   0.8   46.8 288 b:4.2+0 .58 4.7                   FITZ
 SOEI qP      15:13:45.64   2.1   53.6 294 b:2.6+1 .85 5.3                   SOEI
 KSM  eP      15:15:43.63   2.4   71.3 291 b:8.1+0 .80 4.9                   KSM 
 YKB5 ePKPdf  15:23:12.34   0.0  120.6  31                                   YKB5
 TOA0 ePKPbc  15:24:09.15   0.0  148.7 197                                   TOA0
 BR231ePKPbc  15:24:11.07  -0.7  149.9 277                                   BR23



 Generated 2011 MAY  9 at 17:21 UTC

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