Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 SEP 2011  (264)

     ot  = 23:10:46.96   +/-   2.96              SAMOA ISLANDS REGION            
     lat =     -16.991   +/-   14.9
     lon =    -172.851   +/-   18.3              MAGNITUDE 4.9 (GS)       
     dep =        34.8   +/-    4.2   

     150 km (93 miles) SE of Hihifo, Tonga (pop 2,000)
     219 km (136 miles) NNE of Neiafu, Tonga
     520 km (323 miles) NNE of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
     2516 km (1562 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   23 of  24    se = 1.46    FE=169                            A   

     error ellipse = (126.0,  2.0, 33.4; 35.0, 20.0, 15.4;223.0, 69.0,  3.4)

 mb = 4.9 ( 11)  ML = 4.0 (  2)  mblg = 3.9 (  1)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 AFI  ePn     23:11:34.15  -1.2    3.2  19 L:9.2-1 2.5 4.1  g:3.2-1 1.0 3.9  AFI 
      eSn     23:12:07.94  S res =  -4.8 
 MSVF ePn     23:12:58.16   7.5    8.7 264                                   MSVF
 URZ  eP      23:15:46.49  -1.7   22.9 201 b:3.6+1 .62 5.0                   URZ 
 BKZ  eP      23:15:56.91  -1.3   24.0 201 b:1.5+1 .68 4.6                   BKZ 
 HIZ  eP      23:15:59.43   1.0   24.0 204 b:1.6+2 1.5 5.3                   HIZ 
 JCUZ ee      23:18:14.13   0.0X  40.1  27 b:2.2+2 .72 6.0                   JCUZ
 WB2  eP      23:19:37.63  -0.7   50.0 258 b:1.2+1 1.2 4.8                   WB2 
 AS01 eP      23:19:39.00   0.0   50.1 253                                   AS01
 AS31 eP      23:19:39.33   0.0   50.1 253 b:6.5+0 .60 4.8                   AS31
 SBA  eP      23:21:01.02  -0.2   61.7 185 b:3.2+1 1.7 5.2                   SBA 
 QSPA eP      23:22:12.64  -0.8   73.1 180 b:4.1+1 2.0 5.1                   QSPA
 MNTX eP      23:22:56.12  -1.0   80.8  53 b:1.1+1 1.8 4.5                   MNTX
 TX31 eP      23:23:00.55   1.8   81.0  56                                   TX31
      eP      23:23:00.92   2.0 
 P17A epP     23:23:06.40   0.4   80.6  44                                   P17A
 ILB  eP      23:23:09.12  -3.6   83.9  11                                   ILB 
 WRH  eP      23:23:10.75   0.5   83.4  11                                   WRH 
 CCB  eP      23:23:10.81  -0.5   83.6  11                                   CCB 
 BOZ  eP      23:23:11.32   0.8   83.3  38 b:1.4+1 1.7 4.8                   BOZ 
 IL1  eP      23:23:11.57  -1.2   83.9  11                                   IL1 
 MDM  eP      23:23:12.62   0.2   83.8  10                                   MDM 
 YHH  eP      23:23:12.84   2.1   83.3  39 b:8.4+0 1.5 4.6                   YHH 
 DAWY eP      23:23:17.65   0.1   84.8  14                                   DAWY



 Generated 2011 SEP 21 at 23:27 UTC

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