Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     14 JAN 2012  ( 14)

     ot  = 00:46:46.32   +/-   1.12              TONGA REGION                    
     lat =     -18.437   +/-   11.9
     lon =    -171.846   +/-   11.5              MAGNITUDE 5.2 (GS)       
     dep =        14.3   +/-    5.4   

     219 km (136 miles) WNW of Niue Island
     227 km (141 miles) E of Neiafu, Tonga
     461 km (286 miles) NE of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
     2425 km (1506 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   42 of  42    se = 0.55    FE=174                            A   

     error ellipse = (151.0,  8.0, 18.7;241.0,  2.0, 17.4;346.0, 81.0,  7.8)

 mb = 5.2 ( 22)  ML = 3.8 (  2)  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
 AFI  ePn     00:47:54.95   0.7    4.5   1 L:2.3-1 3.2 3.9                   AFI 
 RAR  ePn     00:49:30.06  -2.7   11.7 106                                   RAR 
 KNTN ePn     00:50:25.11  -0.4   15.6   1 b:3.1+2 1.9 5.2                   KNTN
 DZM  eP      00:51:24.59  -1.6   20.7 256 b:2.1+1 .70 4.6                   DZM 
 OUZ  eP      00:51:30.51  -0.2   21.1 215 b:8.4+1 1.5 4.9                   OUZ 
 PPT  eP      00:51:30.71  -1.0   21.2  91                                   PPT 
 MXZ  eP      00:51:30.91   2.4   20.9 202 b:1.2+2 1.2 5.1                   MXZ 
 TARA eP      00:52:06.92  -0.5   24.7 321 b:2.2+2 1.5 5.6                   TARA
 RPZ  eP      00:52:46.62   0.7   29.0 206 b:2.4+2 1.9 5.6                   RPZ 
 FOZ  eP      00:52:48.70  -0.6   29.4 208 b:1.9+2 1.4 5.7                   FOZ 
 LBZ  eP      00:52:54.53   0.6   29.9 206 b:5.6+1 1.2 5.2                   LBZ 
 EIDS eP      00:53:38.55   0.0   35.0 252 b:5.5+1 1.9 5.1                   EIDS
 JOHN eP      00:53:38.86   0.2   35.0   4 b:1.7+2 1.3 5.8                   JOHN
 PATS eP      00:54:09.37  -0.7   38.7 308 b:4.5+2 1.7 5.9                   PATS
 PTCN eP      00:54:14.38   0.0   39.2 107 b:2.9+2 .50 6.2                   PTCN
 CTAO eP      00:54:17.02   0.1   39.5 261 b:1.6+1 .80 4.8                   CTAO
 AIN  eP      00:54:27.85  -0.4   40.9  24                                   AIN 
 HLP  eP      00:54:27.96  -0.1   40.9  24                                   HLP 
 SDHHIeP      00:54:28.49  -0.4   41.0  24                                   SDHH
 RIM  eP      00:54:28.59  -0.4   41.0  24                                   RIM 
 KKO  eP      00:54:28.64  -0.4   41.0  24                                   KKO 
 STCH eP      00:54:28.99  -0.3   41.0  25                                   STCH
 UWE  eP      00:54:29.07   0.0   41.0  24                                   UWE 
 PUH  eP      00:54:29.13   0.2   41.0  24                                   PUH 
 NPOC eP      00:54:29.78   0.4   41.0  25                                   NPOC
 JCUZ eP      00:54:30.41   1.0   41.0  25                                   JCUZ
 HULD eP      00:54:31.57   1.6   41.1  25                                   HULD
 HPAH eP      00:54:33.57   1.3   41.4  23                                   HPAH
 HLK  eP      00:54:35.69  -0.6   41.8  22                                   HLK 
 KIP  eP      00:54:36.19   0.0   41.9  20 b:6.2+2 2.0 6.0                   KIP 
 KEKH eP      00:54:36.23  -0.1   41.9  17                                   KEKH
 WAKE eP      00:54:45.94   0.3   43.0 330 b:5.1+2 2.0 5.9                   WAKE
 MANU eP      00:54:46.63  -0.3   43.2 287 b:1.2+2 1.7 5.3                   MANU
 COEN eP      00:54:48.21  -0.2   43.3 269 b:7.2+0 1.0 4.4                   COEN
 STKA eP      00:54:51.61  -1.1   43.9 243 b:5.4+0 1.8 4.1                   STKA
 AS01 eP      00:55:45.19   0.0   50.6 254                                   AS01
 WRAB eP      00:55:45.53   0.0   50.6 259 b:1.9+1 .85 5.1                   WRAB
 WB2  eP      00:55:45.65   0.1   50.6 259                                   WB2 
      eP      00:55:45.97   0.4 
 AS31 eP      00:55:46.22   0.7   50.6 254 b:1.6+0 .70 4.1                   AS31
 GSTR eP      00:58:00.14   0.9   70.3 357                                   GSTR
 CCUT eP      00:58:46.50   0.4   78.3  44 b:2.2+0 .62 4.4                   CCUT



 Generated 2012 JAN 14 at 01:06 UTC

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