Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      3 SEP 2011  (246)

     ot  = 04:50:15.50   +/-   1.19              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -4.971   +/-   13.4
     lon =     151.229   +/-   14.6              MAGNITUDE 4.9 (GS)       
     dep =       167.2   +/-    9.7   

     136 km (84 miles) ENE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG (pop 14,000)
     136 km (84 miles) SW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 3,000)
     667 km (414 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2498 km (1551 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   32 of  33    se = 0.59    FE=192                            A   

     error ellipse = (124.0, 21.0, 26.0; 30.0,  8.0, 18.0;279.0, 66.0, 11.8)

 mb = 4.9 ( 19)  ML = 4.6 (  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
 RABL ePn     04:50:42.79  -1.0    1.2  50 L:1.7+1 .63 4.8                   RABL
 MANU ePn     04:51:27.38   0.4    4.8 307 L:8.0-2 .30 3.6                   MANU
 PMG  ePn     04:51:43.56   1.5    6.0 222 L:8.0-1 .96 4.9                   PMG 
 COEN ePn     04:53:00.04  -0.7   11.9 221                                   COEN
 FAKI eP      04:54:24.64  -0.5   19.0 275 b:2.3+1 .80 4.6                   FAKI
 MTN  eP      04:54:49.33  -0.2   21.3 247 b:2.2+1 .95 4.6                   MTN 
      eS      04:58:34.09  S res =  -2.5 
 WRAB eP      04:54:58.22   0.1   22.2 226 b:5.4+1 .65 5.2                   WRAB
 FITZ eP      04:55:52.62  -0.2   28.2 240 b:2.0+1 .90 4.8                   FITZ
 BBOO eP      04:56:18.22  -0.1   31.1 205 b:3.0+1 .50 5.3                   BBOO
 FORT eP      04:56:40.57  -0.1   33.7 218 b:7.1+2 .65 6.5                   FORT
      eS      05:01:50.49  S res =  -1.0 
 MYLDMeP      04:56:45.64   0.1   34.2 287 b:2.6+1 1.1 4.8                   MYLD
 MBWA eP      04:56:48.08  -0.1   34.5 239 b:2.0+1 .65 4.9                   MBWA
 KKM  eP      04:57:06.71   0.4   36.6 287 b:9.0+0 .70 4.6                   KKM 
 JOW  eP      04:57:23.80   0.9   38.6 326 b:6.5+1 .90 5.3                   JOW 
 YULB eP      04:57:39.22   0.1   40.6 315 b:2.2+1 .70 4.9                   YULB
 NACB eP      04:57:41.91   0.4   40.9 316 b:5.3+1 1.1 5.1                   NACB
 TPUB eP      04:57:42.75   0.3   41.0 315 b:1.7+1 .70 4.7                   TPUB
 SSLB eP      04:57:43.10  -0.1   41.1 315 b:1.7+1 .80 4.7                   SSLB
 YHNB eP      04:57:45.88   0.4   41.4 317 b:4.4+1 .80 5.1                   YHNB
 DLV  eP      04:58:20.30   0.1   45.7 292 b:2.6+1 .80 4.8                   DLV 
 SLVN eP      04:59:16.52  -0.6   53.2 301 b:1.4+1 1.4 4.5                   SLVN
 CHTO eP      04:59:41.32  -0.4   56.6 296 b:7.1+0 .95 4.5                   CHTO
 ULN  eP      05:00:39.98   0.1   65.3 329 b:2.0+1 1.4 4.8                   ULN 
 MAKZ eP      05:02:04.34  -0.1   79.6 319                                   MAKZ
 CCB  eP      05:02:16.92  -2.2X  82.5  22                                   CCB 
 KURK eP      05:02:21.03  -0.6   82.9 322                                   KURK
 DOT  eP      05:02:23.65  -0.7   83.5  24                                   DOT 
 AAK  eP      05:02:26.36   0.7   83.7 314                                   AAK 
 BRVK eP      05:02:47.82  -1.2   88.5 323                                   BRVK
 TVH3 eP      05:03:11.37   0.8   93.0  52                                   TVH3
 TPNV eP      05:03:19.67   0.1   95.0  54                                   TPNV



 Generated 2011 SEP  3 at 05:05 UTC

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