Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     24 MAY 2011  (144)

     ot  = 12:28:18.95   +/-   3.78              EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. 
     lat =      -7.593   +/-   14.2
     lon =     146.914   +/-   29.3              MAGNITUDE 4.5 (GS)       
     dep =        70.8   +/-   12.4   

     95 km (59 miles) S of Lae, New Guinea, PNG (pop 78,000)
     133 km (83 miles) ENE of Kerema, New Guinea, PNG (pop 5,000)
     209 km (130 miles) N of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2294 km (1424 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   14 of  14    se = 1.86    FE=207                            B   

     error ellipse = (101.0, 11.0, 46.8;197.0, 28.0, 22.3;352.0, 58.0, 14.6)

 mb = 4.5 (  8)  ML = 3.7 (  6)  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
 PMG  ePn     12:28:45.97  -2.2    1.8 172 L:2.7+0 .86 4.0                   PMG 
 MANU ePn     12:29:36.89  -1.9    5.5   5 L:5.0-2 1.7 3.5                   MANU
 COEN ePn     12:30:00.81  -2.4    7.3 210 L:2.0-2 2.5 3.8                   COEN
 WRAB ePn     12:32:16.08   0.4   17.3 224 b:1.4+1 .95 4.2                   WRAB
 WB2  ePn     12:32:16.25   0.4   17.3 224 b:3.8+1 1.4 4.4                   WB2 
 AS01 eP      12:32:50.99   2.3   20.3 217                                   AS01
 AS31 eP      12:32:51.06   2.0   20.3 217 b:3.4+0 .60 3.8                   AS31
 MK01 eP      12:40:13.27  -0.1   78.7 321                                   MK01
 MAKZ eP      12:40:14.97   0.4   78.9 321 b:6.9+0 .95 4.6                   MAKZ
 ZAA0 eP      12:40:20.75  -1.4   80.3 328                                   ZAA0
 RND  eP      12:40:48.16  -1.3   85.6  24 b:6.1+0 1.0 4.6                   RND 
 MLY  eP      12:40:50.97   1.5   85.6  22 b:5.3+0 1.2 4.5                   MLY 
 CRQ  eP      12:40:56.93   0.5   87.0  28 b:1.2+1 .52 5.3                   CRQ 
 DOT  eP      12:40:59.40   0.0   87.7  25 b:2.8+1 1.4 5.2                   DOT 



 Generated 2011 MAY 24 at 13:02 UTC

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